(Karen Kasmauski/The Image Bank/Getty Images) Every year, millions of dry metric tons of biosolids – the nutrient-rich stuff ...

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 ...

Soil degradation threatens food security, water resources, biodiversity, and climate resilience. A new article explores its ...

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, ...

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 2020, the City of Lausanne found that large areas of its soil had been contaminated with dioxins, which are chlorinated organic compounds. This pollution was due mainly to combustion-reliant ...

Newly discovered PFAS pollution could mean clean-up at old city-owned News-Press site - developer given more time to find out ...

The $1 million is part of a $3 million program that will fund remediation costs for lead-contaminated soil.