Toxic heavy metal pollution can come from a range of sources ... “take immediate and necessary measures to better protect the world’s precious soil resources,” the researchers added.

Experts say that the world’s farms are being quietly contaminated ... they wanted to gain a better understanding of the distribution of heavy metal pollution. To achieve this, they analyzed ...

Senior Research Associate, School of Earth Sciences and Cabot Institute for the Environment, University of Bristol Nearly 17% of the world’s croplands are contaminated with “heavy metals ...

Up to 17% of cropland worldwide is contaminated with at least one type of toxic heavy metal ... Global soil pollution by toxic metals threatens agriculture and human health, Science (2025).

“We hope that the global soil pollution data presented ... measures to better protect the world’s precious soil resources,” say the authors. Toxic heavy metal pollution in soil, originating ...

"It's getting us closer to the point ..." Scientists issue urgent warning over potential health threat lurking in our food: ...

While laws to limit pollution have been around for decades, heavy metal pollutants like lead remain a problem in many areas. Lead and other metals in the soil or air can move through urban ...

Essentially, it’s TBD [to be determined] whether heavy metal exposure from nanoplastic pollution is a health concern.” The study’s focus on real-world conditions makes Mitra’s findings ...

Unsafe heavy-metal levels have been detected in the Kok, Mekong and Sai rivers in the northernmost provinces of Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai. The pollution is believed to have come from outside Thailand.

A major global study found that up to 17% of the world’s cropland is contaminated ... a better understanding of the distribution of heavy metal pollution. To achieve this, they analyzed a ...

Nearly 17% of the world’s croplands are contaminated with “heavy metals”, according to a new study ... the authors systematically assessed global soil pollution for seven toxic metals: arsenic, ...