Global agriculture is facing a significant challenge. Scientists are sounding the alarm about soil pollution and the infiltration of substances such as arsenic, lead, and cadmium into our food.

Nearly 17% of the world’s croplands are contaminated with “heavy metals”, according to a new study in Science. These contaminants – arsenic, cadmium, lead, and others – may be invisible to the eye, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

While laws to limit pollution have been around for decades, heavy metal pollutants like lead remain a problem in many areas.

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.

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Nearly 17% of the world's croplands are contaminated with“heavy metals ... assessed global soil pollution for seven toxic metals: arsenic, cadmium, cobalt, chromium ...

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 ...