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The importer of Parashore canned sliced pears in juice has issued a recall, citing the risk of heavy metal contamination. One ...

Elevated levels of lead and cadmium can cause significant health problems, particularly among infants and children.

CR looked at the nutritional content of Lunchly kits and tested them for lead, other heavy metals, and plasticizers. Are they ...

To gauge cadmium's prevalence in children's jewelry, the AP organized lab testing of 103 items bought in New York, Ohio, Texas and California. All but one were purchased in November or December.

Cadmium, however, also happens to be an indispensable pigment for an important part of the color palette - without it there is no "fire engine red" (think Superman's cape and Dorothy's slippers).

Attention chocoholics: Your favorite candies may be contaminated with lead and other heavy metals known to cause long-term health problems. A new study found dozens of popular chocolates made in ...

The bluish-white metal that is known as cadmium is malleable, ductile and can easily be cut with a knife. Due to its excellence as an electrical conductor, cadmium is often used in electroplating ...

Cadmium in Chinese jewelry raises alarmsReporting from Beijing — The cupcake-shaped pendants came in shades of blue and pink, studded with rhinestones. Meant for little girls, they hung on ...

Since cadmium is also a heavy metal, it might have similar effects on the brain, Lanphear and Wright said. But unlike lead, cadmium “is relatively understudied as respect to brain toxicity ...