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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 28, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Carbon-dating Pottery Kitchenware Just Got Easier Pottery, especially vessels that our ancestors used to eat and drink w
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
DEC 10, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Greenland’s Ice Sheet—which covers 75% of the land’s mass—is melting at a rate aligned with &ldq
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
NOV 24, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Algae were the first pants on earth, and they lived underwater. How they managed to move onto land was largely a mystery
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 19, 2019
Microbiology
Around a third of the global population, including 40 million Americans are thought to be infected with a parasite calle
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 18, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Researchers from the University of New Hampshire have recently published a study in the journal Geochemical Perspectives
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 27, 2019
Earth & The Environment
As part of the “Sullied Sediments” program, which is assessing pollutant levels in European waterways to man
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAY 19, 2019
Earth & The Environment
After years of scientific evidence that neonicotinoid pesticides are harmful to bees and other pollinators (LABROOTS INF
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 28, 2019
Microbiology
A growing number of pathogenic microbes are gaining resistance to antibiotics, and the genes that confer that resistance
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 06, 2018
Videos
This informative video from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outlines the problem of antibiotic resistance
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 26, 2018
Health & Medicine
Contracting an infection when getting a tattoo is always a major concern. Consumers should be aware of the risk of devel
...
Written By:
Dena Aruta
OCT 16, 2018
Earth & The Environment
The Environmental Protection Agency is currently in considering allowing oil companies to dump wastewater into rivers an
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 12, 2018
Earth & The Environment
As the Carolinas and other affected states prepare for the landfall of Hurricane Florence, another danger lurks in the s
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 02, 2018
Cardiology
Exposure to toxic metals such as lead and arsenic can increase risk for cardiovascular disease.
Written By:
Caitlin Williams
JUL 30, 2018
Earth & The Environment
So, there are two types of chromium that we need to think about at the moment: the benign, natural form of the chemical,
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 23, 2017
Microbiology
Once thought to be a sterile environment free of microbes, scientists have directly observed bacteria living in snow and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 06, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Pimples are unsightly, annoying blemishes that seem to show up at the worst possible time. Many of us probably to fight
...
NOV 13, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A new study reports that coal ash that comes from high-uranium deposits in China shows dangerous levels of radiation, ma
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 16, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A new study from a team of scientists at the University of Washington suggests that adding a probiotic to poplar trees c
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 16, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
A nuclear material processing facility overseen by the Department of Energy declared emergency May 9, due to the partial
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAY 03, 2017
Earth & The Environment
In order to determine pollution levels in roadside soils where mostly diesel vehicles are driven, scientists from the Un
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 07, 2017
Videos
Mostly when we think of farms we generate an image of big fields of tilled earth. These farms all require soil, and can
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 20, 2016
Videos
In the United States, the US Geological Survey labs are responsible for testing millions of samples from around the coun
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 01, 2015
Earth & The Environment
California’s drought is well into its fourth year. Last year, Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency o
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
SEP 15, 2015
Microbiology
Researchers at the University of Delaware have discovered a unique soil bacterium that boosts plant immunity in edible p
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich