PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) – Results from a soil study are showing the significant impacts of decades of industrial contamination at Willamette Cove. The site, on the east side of the river just north of ...

The 145 soil samples were obtained from citrus orchards (26), vineyards (29), and vegetable gardens (90) and range in crop types, 48 of which were from leafy vegetables, 4 from brassicas, 9 from ...

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 ...

For more than a century, factories spewed toxic dust across the city, contaminating the soil and causing lead poisoning. We ...

Soil pollution refers to the dangerously high concentrations of contaminants in soil. While contaminants such as metals, inorganic ions, salts, and organic compounds naturally occur in soils, these ...

Anthony Drouin, residuals management supervisor, collects samples of sludge on June 10. He'll test them for PFAS. Wastewater plants get their sludge tested a few times a year, depending on their size.

A team of UCLA researchers has screened nearly 700 soil samples for hundreds of Los Angeles County residents concerned about contamination in their yards and gardens, part of a growing effort to ...

The Houston Health Department on Friday notified Fifth Ward residents that dioxin — a highly toxic chemical compound — was found in dozens of soil samples collected near the Union Pacific railyard in ...

Researchers in Japan have devised a novel and simple method to measure nano/microplastic concentrations in soil using spectroscopy at two wavelengths. Current techniques for measuring ...

A new study by an independent environmental research group, Toxics Link, claims to have identified high levels of lead contamination in four North Indian states.