Nearly 17% of the world’s croplands are contaminated with “heavy metals”, according to a new study in Science. These ...

In their release, the TDEC emphasized that this is not a ‘Do Not Consume’ advisory. This is for the public to make an ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Industrial pollution has deposited toxic metals into water systems, creating an environmental challenge that resists simple solutions. These contaminants—manganese, cobalt, nickel ...

Coal ash is the waste leftover from burning coal — which can contain toxic heavy metals like mercury, cadmium and arsenic.

Many of these persistent metals can jeopardize biodiversity, water quality, crop yields and food safety, via bioaccumulation in farm animals. “Global soil pollution by toxic metals has been ...

Soil pollution caused by both natural and human-induced factors threatens the lives of millions of people globally. The new study uses machine learning tools to detect their impacts on humans and ...

Microbes in the Gowanus sediment have evolved methods of coping with and even subsisting off of the contamination, according ...