Two soil samples collected in August exceeded safe standards for hexavalent chromium, a chemical known to cause cancer.

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Two separate studies reveal alarming levels of harmful chemicals and pesticide residues in common vegetables and fruits. The ...

Groundwater is an essential source of drinking water across the country. However, heavy metal contamination in groundwater ...

The team embarked on a mission to tackle the challenge of synthesizing nanoparticles using nano zero-valent iron (nZVI) to ...

Whether there’s a health risk from heavy metals in personal hygiene products was raised in July in a small study led by ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is evaluating “associated health effects” with the metals present in commonly available ...

If you come across brightly colored, cloth-bound books from the Victorian era, you might want to handle them gently, or even ...

Her team looked for concentrations of arsenic, barium, calcium, cadmium, cobalt, chromium, copper, iron ... to take swift ...

Experts confirm high levels of arsenic and radium in the soil, warning of long-term health risks from coal ash buried beneath ...