Atomic Fingerprints in City Soil Reveal a Century of Industrial Pollution
Strontium isotope analysis of urban soils in Salgótarján, Hungary, has allowed scientists to quantify how coal ash from a former ...
Tag: soil contamination
Soil Type, Not Farming Style, Drives Heavy Metal Buildup in Vegetable Fields
A South Indian field study finds that soil type, rather than organic or chemical fertilisation, is the primary driver of ...
Monte Carlo Simulation Reveals Arsenic Cancer Risk in Polish Allotment Gardens
A probabilistic risk assessment of arsenic-contaminated allotment gardens in Złoty Stok, Poland, shows that Monte Carlo simulation and bioaccessibility testing ...
Heavy Metals in Homegrown Raspberries: What Polish Garden Soils Reveal
A Polish study of home-garden raspberries found that essential metals decline from soil to leaf to fruit, soil–plant correlations vanished ...
Salt as an Ally: Common Table Salt Boosts Quinoa’s Power to Strip Cesium From Contaminated Soil
Japanese researchers found that applying ordinary sodium chloride rescues quinoa from cesium-induced growth inhibition while boosting the plant's accumulation of ...
Abandoned Gold Tailings Leave Toxic Legacy in South African Soils and Water
A comprehensive geochemical survey of the Welkom Goldfield reveals that abandoned gold mine tailings dams continue to contaminate surrounding soils ...
Hidden Metals, Clean Crops: First Multi-Matrix Food Safety Scan in Lao Highlands
A pilot study of vegetables, soils, and irrigation water in Pakxong District, southern Laos, found no detectable pesticide residues but ...
Two Risk Frameworks, One Fluoride Problem: Why Children Face the Highest Exposure
A new comparative study finds that the U.S. EPA's RAGS framework and South Korea's KRAG guidelines produce sharply different fluoride ...
Fertilizer Choices Shape How Toxic Metals Move From Soil Into Wheat Grain
A three-year Egyptian field trial shows that integrated nutrient management boosts wheat yields while limiting the transfer of toxic metals ...
Biochar Switch Flips Weed’s Cleanup Role in Oil-Contaminated Soil
New greenhouse research from Nigeria shows that biochar made from rice and sorghum straw can transform how the weed Tithonia ...
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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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