Soil contamination is a global environmental concern, with toxic metals and metalloids from industrial activities persisting as long-term pollutants. Arsenic (As), although naturally occurring, ...

A study has found that microplastics contribute to poor soil health and release heat-trapping gas into the atmosphere. What's happening? Researchers at the Institute of Urban Envi ...

Decades after the United States banned lead-based paint in 1978 and phased out leaded gasoline by 1996, toxic lead particles ...

New soil testing by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has found high levels of lead and other toxic metals at homes destroyed by January’s catastrophic wildfires and cleared by ...

Researchers mapped lead contamination in Chicago’s soil and the results are alarming.

Elected officials in California are calling on the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Newsom administration to pay for soil testing on properties destroyed in the Eaton and Palisades ...

Preliminary soil testing in the aftermath of the Palisades and Eaton wildfires has uncovered isolated pockets of chemical contamination in the Palisades area, prompting calls for further investigation ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it will not conduct soil sampling at private properties damaged by the Palisades and Eaton fires, raising concerns about the risks of lingering contaminants and ...