A study published in Science looks at global soil contamination by toxic metals. Dr Lucie Buchi, Senior Lecturer in Crop Ecology at the NRI, University of Greenwich, said: ...

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

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Residents living beside an old mine dump face health problems as more floods and heatwaves worsen the dangers of mining pollution ... soak up toxins from the soil. But now, she says, they're ...

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Jared Bossly was planting soybeans one spring night in 2023 on his 2,000-acre farm in South Dakota when he spotted a ...

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Dr BR Ambedkar was once refused water because of caste. But India’ most powerful reformer turned pain into purpose and went ...