Coastal Chile Study Identifies Elevated Soil Metal Exposure Risks in Children
A spatial exposure modeling study in coastal south-central Chile found that children face soil metal risk metrics roughly one order ...
Tag: soil contamination
Polystyrene Micro- and Nanoplastics Reshape Tropical Soil Nutrients but Leave Lettuce Growth Untouched
A 45-day greenhouse experiment found that polystyrene microplastics and nanoplastics significantly increased ammonium, nitrate, and available phosphorus in tropical soil ...
Soil Metals in China’s Daye Mining District Defy a Single Risk Driver
A study of 394 topsoil samples in Daye, China, found that cadmium drove ecological risk, arsenic dominated carcinogenic risk and ...
Soil Fungi Help Squash Endure Cadmium by Locking the Metal in Roots
A greenhouse study found that inoculating squash with mixed arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi eased cadmium toxicity by strengthening antioxidant defenses and ...
Plants and microbes could turn contaminated soil cleanup into resource recovery
A new review proposes treating phytoremediation biomass as a resource for energy, fertilisers, and metals rather than waste.
Arsenic and cadmium raise concern in Bangladesh farm soils and crops
A paired soil and crop survey in Nagarkanda, Bangladesh, found arsenic above guideline limits in all fifteen sampled fields and ...
Handheld X-ray scanner matches lab tests on contaminated soils 94% of the time
A field study at a former battery factory in Hagen, Germany, found that portable X-ray fluorescence agreed with laboratory ICP-OES ...
Research report: Contrasting petroleum hydrocarbon contamination across active, retired and reference wetlands in the Liao River estuary
A soil survey in China's Liao River estuary found that retired oil-well sites still carry petroleum hydrocarbon levels well above ...
Soil Bacterial Abundance Tracks Heavy-Metal Contamination Near Bulgarian Lead-Zinc Smelter
A field survey of five soils around the KCM-2000 smelter in Southern Bulgaria found that total bacterial abundance, measured as ...
Lead Exceeds Ecological Risk Thresholds Across Iranian Mining District Soils
A four-month monitoring study in western Iran's Qorveh mining region found that risk quotient values exceeded the ecological threshold throughout ...
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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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