Nearly 17% of the world’s croplands are contaminated with “heavy metals”, according to a new study in Science. These ...

The growth in demand for critical metals means toxic heavy metal pollution in soils is only likely to worsen. “We hope that the global soil pollution data presented in this report will serve as ...

Some of the world’s leading rice-producing countries are sitting on a vast belt of pollution caused by heavy metal, according to a new study that has raised urgent concerns about global food safety.