This article originally appeared on Undark. Before the heat of the day set in, dozens of people were already gathered under a large banyan tree at the twice-weekly turmeric market in Ataikula, ...

"It's the crime of the century," says Bruce Lanphear. He's not talking about a murder spree, a kidnapping or a bank heist. Lanphear – an environmental epidemiologist at Simon Fraser University – is ...

Alekhya Gali‘s turmeric came from a trusted store in Bangalore, South India. “How you add salt, it’s how we add turmeric,” Gali said. But the spice powder was filled with lead. Three times more lead ...

The Food and Drug Administration has discovered a second metal contaminant—chromium—in the recalled cinnamon applesauce pouches found to contain cinnamon contaminated with extremely high levels of ...