A new study in Atherosclerosis shows that soil and water pollution, including microplastics and toxic chemicals, significantly raise cardiovascular disease risks. The research highlights how ...

DDT soil pollution is still a major problem in many parts of the world. Researchers have developed a new method to manage ecological risks from the toxin by binding it with biochar. When they ...

33 billion pounds of plastic in our oceans Pollution of the air, water and soil is detrimentally impacting the human and environmental health and resiliency of the planet.

Magnetic susceptibility analysis has garnered increasing attention as a rapid, non-destructive method for assessing soil pollution. By measuring the ease with which soils become magnetised in an ...

Rising mercury pollution in soil could be related to climate change Date: August 14, 2024 Source: American Chemical Society Summary: In 2017, the Minamata Convention on Mercury went into effect ...

Residents of Atholl Heights in Westville are rallying against environmental negligence, as uncontrolled soil stockpiling is ...

Dr. Mielke has made significant contributions to the science and technology industry, specifically regarding contamination of ...

Illnesses related to chemical pollution of the soil, water, and air are responsible for an estimated 9 million premature deaths annually, which equates to 16% of all global deaths; half of these ...

TU Darmstadt researchers discovered that forest soils contain large amounts of microplastics despite being far from direct pollution sources.

After a monthslong push for more transparency, a community exposed to elevated lead emissions earlier this year was able to ...

The owner of the Marshall property where Ford Motor Co. is building a 1.8 million-square-foot electric vehicle battery plant was cited by state environmental regulators for a series of runoff ...