The arsenic contents of the urine and hair were elevated in all patients, and the amount in the nails was increased in 5 of the 6 patients (Table 1). The arsenic content was determined by a ...

Those are the preliminary results from a study started in Yellowknife five years ago, called the Health Effects Monitoring ...

Some Yellowknife children have levels among the top five per cent of Canadians. That's the biggest surprise for the Yellowknife Health Effects Monitoring Program. It asked youth between three and 19 ...

A 2018 study of Indigenous people living across the US found that those with higher levels of arsenic in their urine were 1.5 times more likely to have high blood pressure and thickened heart muscles.