The heavy metals were seen in soils within two miles of a lithium battery storage site, which burned earlier this month. Vistra Energy's Moss Landing Power Plant was located in the unincorporated ...

A new study published in Science reveals that up to 1.4 billion people worldwide live in regions where soils are dangerously polluted by toxic heavy metals such as arsenic, cadmium, cobalt ...

MOSS LANDING, Calif. — Research scientists at San José State University's Moss Landing Marine Laboratories said they have detected "unusually high concentrations of heavy-metal nanoparticles in ...

After taking multiple measurements from about 100 locations, his lab observed a hundreds-fold rise in the concentration of the three toxic heavy metals along the top layer of the soil. Aiello said his ...

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 billion people, scientists warned Thursday. Published in the journal ...

and published in the scientific journal "Science", about 242 million hectares of soil worldwide are contaminated with toxic heavy metals, which accounts for one-sixth of the world's arable land.

Heavy metals do not break down. They remain in soils for decades, where crops can absorb them and enter the food chain. Over time, they accumulate in the body, causing chronic diseases that may ...

The food safety regulator has commissioned another pan-India survey to understand the extent of the problem regarding the presence of heavy metals in soil-food crops. The survey was conducted on ...