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Soil Contamination
Soil Contamination: caused by the presence of XenoBionis (human-made) chemicals or other alteration in the natural soil environment. It is typically caused by industrial activity, agricultural chemicals, or improper disposal of waste. The most common chemicals involved are petroleum hydrocarbons, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (such as naphthalene and benzo(a)pyrene), solvents, pesticides, lead, and other heavy metals. Contamination is correlated with the degree of industrialization and intensity of chemical usage.
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APR 30, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
Valley Fever or Coccidioidomycosis is an infectious disease caused by fungus ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 20, 2025Earth & The Environment
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APR 30, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
Valley Fever or Coccidioidomycosis is an infectious disease caused by fungus ...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 20, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Plastics are everywhere in our world, and these tough chemicals that are used in everything from food packaging to roofi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 29, 2025
Earth & The Environment
When PFAS were developed, companies found a huge number of ways to apply them to different products. But while they have
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 22, 2024
Earth & The Environment
In the 1950s, Dupont developed per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS, which were integrated into a huge array of p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 09, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Rechargeable, reusable batteries are a crucial component of the transition to more efficient energy sources. But there a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 30, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Aspergillus is a common fungus that produces spores, which can be found in many indoor and outdoor environments. There a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 02, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Plastics are made from fossil fuels, and plastic production is a major contributor to climate change. Plastic is a tough
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 02, 2023
Cannabis Sciences
A recent review published in Frontiers in Microbiology examined the risk of fungi and other pathogens potentially contam
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
OCT 16, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Glyphosate is an active ingredient in the most commonly used herbicide in the world, Roundup.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 31, 2023
Technology
Researchers at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan have devised a new way to take plastic bottles that often fi
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
JUN 18, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Soil and forests have been determined to act as carbon management in the fight against climate change. However, a recent
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 22, 2023
Plants & Animals
Pesticides have long been a thorny issue among agricultural and environmental experts. While pesticides have been used t
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
MAR 18, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new report in the Journal of Parkinson's Disease has suggested that a common chemical used in dry cleaning, decaffeina
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 24, 2023
Space & Astronomy
On February 18, 2021, Mars 2020 landed at Jezero Crater on Mars. The mission contained a rover named Perseverance and a
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
FEB 07, 2023
Microbiology
This powerful, natural compound may also be useful against pathogenic fungi that affect humans.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 11, 2023
Microbiology
A new study has shown that when people go to shopping malls, they take home more than new products, and they leave more
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 24, 2022
Microbiology
Researchers sought to learn how dangerous drug-resistant Klebsiella, which can be found in many places, like farms, hosp
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 26, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Parasitic whipworm eggs have been isolated from fossilized human fecal samples that were estimated to be over 7,000 year
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 02, 2022
Cannabis Sciences
What's the secret to growing a great crop of cannabis? There's several factors.
Written By:
Helaine Krysik
AUG 26, 2022
Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in the journal Nature Food, an international team of researchers discuss how a nuclear war b
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 31, 2022
Microbiology
A bacterium that causes a deadly tropical disease called meliodosis, sometimes known as Whitmore's disease, has been det
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 10, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
PFAS Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS, such as perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) are often referred to as
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 10, 2022
Earth & The Environment
Climate change is real and it’s happening literally right before our very eyes. These ongoing, observable effects
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 09, 2022
Cannabis Sciences
Labroots hosted its 5th annual Cannabis Science Virtual Event on March 23, 2022. The speaker roster for this free confer
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron