W hile food provides essential nutrients, certain items can also contain trace metals—some of which are harmful when consumed in excess. Heavy metals like lead, mercury, cadmium ...

Authorities incinerated around 19 tonnes of contaminated soil from the Bhopal Union Carbide factory. The incineration took ...

Introduction Illegal mining, especially artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM), has proliferated across many developing ...

The soil contains high levels of heavy metals absorbed by the cocoa trees. Industrial emissions, vehicle exhaust and other ...

New report flags high arsenic levels in US-grown rice; experts advise caution, especially for children and pregnant women.

Incineration of entire 358 tonnes of toxic waste from the defunct Union Carbide factory finally concluded as contaminated soil and packaging material were burnt at a disposal plant in Madhya Pradesh's ...

More than 3 million hectares of selenium-rich soil have been discovered in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, providing a foundation for the development of high-quality farmland and specialized ...

Donald Schaffner, co-host of the podcast “ Food Safety Talk ” and a distinguished professor at Rutgers University, told ...

Researchers are tracking multi-drug resistant bacteria in South Africa’s water to see how it endangers food safety when it’s ...

If the tire wear particles end up in freshwater ecosystems, the pollutants are leached out there. A new review article in the ...

Heal the Bay and Surfrider LA studies highlight the need for new testing protocols to determine beach sand and sediment quality Six months after the Palisades Fire ravaged Malibu and nearby areas, ...