Chicago-based startup Sun Metalon created a compact, oven-sized machine that can cut waste, reduce pollution, and make metal ...

A little-known and highly dangerous earth metal used to craft spaceships has been found in wildfire-ravaged homes and in the ...

The paper says that wildland fire crews, as well as first responders, are especially at risk from being poisoned by the toxic metal, but that other communities within the area of wildfire smoke ...

Up to 17 percent of the planet’s agricultural land may be contaminated by toxic heavy metals, a new study has found. As many as 1.4 billion people reside in areas with soil dangerously polluted ...

Using machine learning and modeling approaches, Hou et al. estimate that 14–17% of cropland globally – roughly 242 million hectares – is contaminated by at least one toxic metal, with ...

Gold extraction has relied on highly toxic chemicals such as cyanide and mercury, which are infamous for causing severe environmental damage.

The review article, “Mitigating Toxic Metal Exposure Through Leafy Greens: A Comprehensive Review Contrasting Cadmium and Lead in Spinach,” is published in the journal GeoHealth. Its authors are ...