A new environmental report reveals widespread soil contamination at a former shipbuilding property along the Mobile River, ...

Exposures to pollutants and contaminants can occur through water or soil, which can be contaminated naturally or through human activities. The toxicity and adverse health effects of these substances ...

In a previous article, I explained that if contamination is found during a soil contamination survey based on the Soil Contamination Countermeasures Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Act"), the ...

Strictly speaking, the 'specified facilities using hazardous substances' under the Water Pollution Prevention Act and those ...

DDT soil pollution is still a major problem in many parts of the world. Researchers have developed a new method to manage ecological risks from the toxin by binding it with biochar. When they mixed ...

A disturbing headline about heavy metals in baby food prompted Meritxell Ortodo (ENG’26) to investigate a serious public health concern. Meritxell and Trinity Olander (CAS’25), uncovered a troubling ...

Soil at the Seventh Street contamination site in York is being tested to determine whether it is free of tetrachloroethylene.

Pesticides, heavy metals, micro- and nanoplastics in the soil and environmentally harmful chemicals can have a detrimental effect on the cardiovascular system, according to a review paper published ...

A new review in Microbial Ecology details how combining biochar with Pseudomonas bacteria boosts crop growth and pollutant ...

In 2020, the City of Lausanne found that large areas of its soil had been contaminated with dioxins, which are chlorinated organic compounds. This pollution was due mainly to combustion-reliant ...