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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

For 140 years, gold mines in Johannesburg, South Africa have been leaking wastewater contaminated with heavy metals. The acid mine drainage from Johannesburg’s estimated 278 abandoned mines and 200 ...