Global agriculture is facing a significant challenge. Scientists are sounding the alarm about soil pollution and the ...

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

Up to 17 percent of the planet’s agricultural land may be contaminated by toxic heavy metals ... Many of these persistent metals can jeopardize biodiversity, water quality, crop yields and ...

metal-enriched zone in low-latitude Eurasia, in particular. The growth in demand for critical metals means toxic heavy metal pollution in soils is only likely to worsen. “We hope that the global ...

Metal contaminants at high levels have been found in a section of the Raritan River, NJ Advance Media has learned. Attorneys for NL Industries, formerly National Lead, outlined the findings in a legal ...