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 ...
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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 ...
Giant Land Snails Emerge as Sentinels of Tropical Soil Contamination in One Health Review
A new review argues that Achatininae land snails can serve as tropical counterparts to standardized temperate bioindicator snails, while flagging ...
Cadmium Drives Very High Ecological Risk in Çukurova–Adana Agricultural Soils
A new screening study of 134 agricultural topsoil samples finds cadmium accounts for 90.7% of the mean potential ecological risk ...
Potassium nanoparticles mitigate measured nanoplastic stress in tomato plants
A controlled tomato experiment found that foliar potassium nanoparticles improved selected growth and glucose measurements and reduced oxidative-stress markers under ...
Abstract of Ghana soil study reports risk-element exceedances and three seasonal differences
An abstract of a wet- and dry-season soil study in Greater Accra, Ghana, reports 34 risk elements at electronic-waste sites, ...
Calculation and application of the selenium toxicity coefficient for potential ecological risk assessment
A study of 1,232 surface-soil sampling sites across China derived a selenium toxicity coefficient of 2 and found elevated potential ...
Mercury biomagnification emerges across a Brazilian savanna food web
A field survey in a Brazilian Cerrado reserve found markedly elevated mercury in surface-active invertebrates and a trophic pattern consistent ...
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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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