Up to 17 percent of the planet’s agricultural land may be contaminated by toxic heavy metals, a new study has found. As many ...

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

Heavy metals in soil are slashing crop yields and polluting food supplies worldwide, affecting over 1 billion people, a major ...

Up to 17% of cropland worldwide is contaminated with at least one type of toxic heavy metal, posing health risks to up to 1.4 ...

Between 14% and 17% of the world's agricultural land is contaminated with at least one toxic heavy metal, warns a study ...

This widespread pollution threatens food security, ecosystem health, and public safety by reducing crop yields and ...

Heavy metals and metalloids are elements that originate ... the authors systematically assessed global soil pollution for seven toxic metals: arsenic, cadmium, cobalt, chromium, copper, nickel ...

India, Pakistan, Thailand and China all have heavy concentrations of cadmium in arable soil, raising the risk of cancer and ...

The Eaton and Palisades fires likely made polluted soils worse, but soil experts say bioremediation may be an alternative to ...

“The pollution had already been there ... She too has seen lots of heavy metals in local soil over the years. “At the very least, do a metals test near your home,” she said, especially ...