Up to 17 percent of the planet’s agricultural land may be contaminated by toxic heavy metals, a new study has found. As many as 1.4 billion people reside in areas with soil dangerously polluted ...

Other heavy metals such as nickel, cadmium, zinc, boron, and selenium were also found above safe levels in samples from agricultural fields and water bodies. The NGT took suo motu cognisance of ...

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 ...

More specifically, heavy metals can enter food (especially plant foods) through groundwater, soil, air pollution, and food processing techniques. “Certain plants like cacao, rice, hemp ...

A federal judge has dismissed a class action accusing Trader Joe’s of failing to warn consumers about heavy metals in its dark chocolate. The court ruled that the risks were already widely known ...

Concentrations of As, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, and Zn were determined in an atomic absorption spectrophotometer (Varian, AA 240 FS model). RI is a factor ... The contamination of plants and soils with heavy ...

New research now indicates that tea also removes toxic heavy metals from the water in which it's being brewed. The study was conducted at Northwestern University in Illinois, by a team led by Prof.

Soil naturally contains heavy metals. The earth formed as a hot molten mass. As it cooled, heavier elements settled into its center regions, called the mantle and core. Volcanic eruptions in ...

The heavy metals were seen in soils within two miles of the fire which burned for five days and resulted in evacuations, road closures and health concerns. 'Terrifying': Monterey County declares ...

Research scientists at San José State University's Moss Landing Marine Laboratories said they have detected "unusually high concentrations of heavy-metal nanoparticles in marsh soils at Elkhorn ...

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 ...

Plants naturally absorb heavy metals from soil and water, but the contamination worsens when they are grown in soil polluted by industrial waste, mining, or certain pesticides and fertilizers.