Forever Chemicals Never Travel Alone: How Transition Metals Reshape PFAS Toxicity and Persistence
A new review reveals that transition metals such as iron, copper, and chromium fundamentally alter the environmental fate, reactivity, and ...
Tag: groundwater contamination
Injecting Manure Cuts Ammonia but Sends More Nitrate Into Groundwater
A two-year Wisconsin field trial found that injecting liquid dairy manure nearly eliminates ammonia emissions and boosts corn yields, but ...
Landfill Leachate Poses a Growing Global Threat to Groundwater, Major Review Finds
A global synthesis of 422 studies across 78 countries shows that landfill leachate, laden with heavy metals, PFASs, and microplastics, ...
Landfill Leachate Is Quietly Poisoning Groundwater Near an Indian Holy City
A two-year study of a Varanasi landfill finds that heavy metals from leachate have pushed nearby groundwater into the very ...
Fluoride Risk Hides in More Than Drinking Water, Review Warns
A new review argues that fluoride health risk assessments focused solely on drinking water underestimate true exposure and proposes an ...
Fecal Bacteria Lurk in Nearly Half of Maryland Farm Drinking Wells, Statewide Study Finds
A statewide University of Maryland study found fecal indicator bacteria in 43 percent of private drinking water wells on Maryland ...
Invasive Plant Waste Transformed Into High-Performance Fluoride Water Filter
Researchers converted invasive Rhus typhina biomass into a nano-magnesium oxide modified pyro-hydrochar that removes fluoride from water with record-setting capacity ...
Gold-Doped Paper Strip and Machine Learning Team Up to Detect Arsenic in Drinking Water
Researchers have developed a gold(III)-doped paper sensor that, combined with machine learning analysis of its color response, detects arsenic in ...
How Toxic Leachate from Open Dumpsites Is Silently Poisoning the World’s Groundwater
A systematic review of 172 studies reveals how leachate from unlined dumpsites contaminates soil and groundwater, the severe health risks ...
Clay-Rich Alluvial Soils Show Strongest Grip on Arsenic, but Phosphate Fights Back
New research from Banaras Hindu University shows that clay-rich alluvial soils bind arsenate most effectively, but phosphate ions compete fiercely ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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