Nanomaterials can reduce accumulation of arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury by 38% while increasing harvests by 23%, finds international research team led by UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. – One of the ...
A recent study published in the Science of the Total Environment Journal reviewed the use, characteristics, and potential risks of agricultural plastics (APs). Study: Agricultural plastics as a ...
Initial choices about fertilization and grass seeding could have a long-lasting effect on how plants and their associated microbes break down pollution in petroleum-contaminated soils. Initial choices ...
New homes built in Central Washington could be constructed on top of old orchards, where soils might contain the remnants of pesticides from the early 1900s. A $225,000 Department of Ecology grant to ...
(Beyond Pesticides, April 1, 2021) A legacy of toxic pesticide use in agriculture is showing up as residues on organic farms, emphasizing the threat of a history of weak regulatory standards that has ...
Lead is a neurotoxin that can damage multiple body systems and lead to learning and developmental problems. The element has been phased out of use in paint, gasoline, and other industrial applications ...
This story, a partnership between the Center for Public Integrity and Grist, is the third in a soil lead-contamination series that began at Grist (read parts one and two). Reporter Yvette Cabrera has ...
Ukrainian farmers braved a war zone to carry out close to 80 percent of spring planting, covering roughly 14 million hectares. Still, Russia’s invasion has raised fears that not only are this year’s ...
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