Soil contamination poses escalating risks to ecosystems and public health through persistent pollutants such as heavy metals (e.g., cadmium, lead), emerging ...

Wildflowers growing on land previously used for buildings and factories can accumulate lead, arsenic, and other metal ...

The topsoil organic carbon pool is at high risk in 43 to 83 million hectares of EU and UK agricultural land, primarily in ...

Scientists have discovered a new phylum of microbes in the Earth's Critical Zone, an area of deep soil that restores water quality. Ground water, which becomes drinking water, passes through where ...

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Compared with traditional physical treatment technology, which has the defects of high cost, limited applicability and easily causes secondary pollution, the biosorption technology based on microbial ...

But decades of science show that the pollution from automobile tailpipes has harmed the environment and public health, from the days when leaded gasoline sent neurotoxins into the air and soil to ...

A study found "significant opportunities" to better target the rules and make them clearer, but concluded they were ultimately necessary to tackle agricultural pollution. The Welsh government said ...

(AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel, File) Alexandra Water Warriors volunteers cleanup the Juksei river in the heart of Alexandra township from plastic pollution in Johannesburg, South Africa, Nov. 27, 2024.

Microplastics (MPs) are tiny plastic particles (<5 mm), invisible to the naked eye, which are now widespread contaminants found in food, water, and air due to extensive plastic pollution.

A parliamentary panel has found that ₹858 crore allocated for pollution control in the 2024-25 budget remains unutilized due to delays in approval from the Union Environment Ministry. The panel noted ...

We integrated air pollution data with existing longitudinal data from the Christchurch Health and Development Study (CHDS). The CHDS has followed more than 1,200 children born in the city in 1977 ...