American farmers are expected to plant several million fewer acres of corn in 2026 than they did in 2025, as the closure of ...

A recent study published in the journal Atherosclerosis reviewed the links between water and soil pollution and human health. Clean water and healthy soil are essential to human health, well-being, ...

Pesticides, heavy metals, micro- and nanoplastics in the soil and environmentally harmful chemicals can have a detrimental effect on the cardiovascular system, according to a review paper published ...

Potato leaves near a war zone captured airborne forever chemicals that soil tests missed, revealing recent hidden pollution.

An international study shows that soil in urban green spaces and natural areas share similar levels of multiple contaminants such as metals, pesticides, microplastics and antibiotic resistance genes ...

In 2017, the Minamata Convention on Mercury went into effect, designed to help curb mercury emissions and limit exposure across the globe. However, a new study of mercury levels in soil suggests that ...

Map showing where soil pollution by toxic metals is exceeding agricultural thresholds. Toxic and harmless metals are ubiquitous in soils, yet their worldwide distribution is still poorly known. A ...

Researchers have found that soil polluted by heavy metals, pesticides and plastics has a significant impact on human health and cardiovascular disease. A new paper published in Cardiovascular Research ...

In the processes of exploitation and transportation, crude oil will enter and contaminate inevitably, and it changes structure and physicochemical properties of the soil thus leading to soil ...

Nitrogen dioxide levels in remote forested areas of California are rising, and it's likely due to increasing wildfire and soil emissions, finds a UC Davis study. (Getty) Satellite data from across ...

Pollution is a public health concern, and is considered to be any harmful material introduced to the environment. Many materials can cause such harm and are referred to as pollutants. Pollutants are ...

The Tibetan Plateau, a globally significant ecological region, is experiencing escalating pollution from heavy metals (HMs). This study applies a machine learning approach based on the self-organizing ...