About a sixth of global cropland likely polluted with toxic metals: Study
Up to 17% of the planet’s farmland can be contaminated by toxic heavy metals, new research finds. As many as 1.4 billion people live in areas where compounds such as arsenic, cadmium, cobalt, chromium, copper, nickel and lead are at risk in soils. Science. A team of multinational researchers led by Deyi Hou from Tinshua […]