Roadside Dust in a Booming Tropical City Reveals Hidden Heavy Metal Hotspots
A new study of roadside dust in a rapidly urbanizing tropical Southeast Asian city finds lead and mercury contamination in ...
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Toxic Metals Are Piling Up in Brazil’s Freshwater Fish, Review Finds
A systematic review of 52 studies finds that mercury, lead, cadmium, and chromium routinely exceed safety limits in Brazilian freshwater ...
Toxic metals build up in fish and reach our dinner plates, major review warns
A comprehensive review in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment traces how arsenic, mercury, cadmium, chromium, and lead bioaccumulate in fish, damage ...
Mining Metals Are Slipping Into Ghana’s Vegetables, Landmark Review Finds
A systematic review of 45 studies across 11 Ghanaian mining districts finds cadmium, lead, arsenic and mercury moving from mining-affected ...
Gold Mining’s Toxic Legacy: Mercuric Cyanide Compounds Disrupt Zebrafish Embryo Development
New research shows that stable mercuric cyanide complexes formed when gold mining tailings are treated with cyanide delay hatching, impair ...
Strofio Prepares to Unlock Mercury’s Surface Secrets as BepiColombo Nears Orbit
SwRI's Strofio mass spectrometer, uncovered after BepiColombo's orbiters separated from their transfer module, is set to sample Mercury's exosphere to ...
Phosphate Mining Leaves a Toxic Fingerprint in Soils Above a Famous Chinese Lake
A depth-resolved survey of a phosphate-mining watershed upstream of Dianchi Lake shows that tailings soils are the dominant contamination hotspot, ...
Land Use Leaves Its Fingerprint in Iran’s Metal-Polluted Soils, Major Review Finds
A systematic review of 195 studies shows that industrial areas carry Iran's worst heavy metal soil contamination, with mercury and ...
Trace Heavy Metals in Ghanaian Breast Milk Pose Low Risk to Infants
A composite breast milk study of 47 lactating mothers in Ho, Ghana found generally low heavy metal concentrations with all ...
BepiColombo Catches Solar Storm Particles Raining on Mercury While Its Magnetosphere Shields the Planet
During a close Mercury flyby, BepiColombo instruments recorded a solar energetic particle event in which the planet's weak magnetosphere deflected ...
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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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