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

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

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

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 ...

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

Metals can be toxic to people, animals and plants at different doses, spreading into different ecosystems through food chains and water. By running their samples through artificial intelligence ...

Snowpack in the Rocky Mountains is directly tied to Southern Nevada’s water supply ... recommend that we continue to monitor for these metals, because we attribute it not only to the history ...

Algae with domoic acid is sometimes called red tide, and biologists think runoff from the wildfires and ocean sediment brought up by the wind are feeding the blooms.