Earthworms, insects and mites are all at risk from soil pollution, and scientists are worried that we know very little about the damage it's causing. Dr. Victoria Burton, a co-author of the new ...

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 ...

In 2017, the Minamata Convention on Mercury went into effect, designed to help curb mercury emissions and limit exposure across the globe. However, a new study of mercury levels in soil suggests that ...

A recent study published in the journal Atherosclerosis reviewed the links between water and soil pollution and human health. Clean water and healthy soil are essential to human health, well-being, ...

Researchers have found that soil polluted by heavy metals, pesticides and plastics has a significant impact on human health and cardiovascular disease. A new paper published in Cardiovascular Research ...

Map showing where soil pollution by toxic metals is exceeding agricultural thresholds. Toxic and harmless metals are ubiquitous in soils, yet their worldwide distribution is still poorly known. A ...

An international study shows that soil in urban green spaces and natural areas share similar levels of multiple contaminants such as metals, pesticides, microplastics and antibiotic resistance genes ...

American farmers are expected to plant several million fewer acres of corn in 2026 than they did in 2025, as the closure of the Strait of Hormuz throttles a key fertilizer trading corridor, along with ...

Fertilisers are a major source of microplastic pollution in agricultural soil, a long-running experiment in the UK has shown, and this pollution has increased dramatically in the past 50 years. Samuel ...

Nitrogen dioxide levels in remote forested areas of California are rising, and it's likely due to increasing wildfire and soil emissions, finds a UC Davis study. (Getty) Satellite data from across ...