We checked the soil of playgrounds around the metro. Some of them may have had lead

A monthslong WDSU Investigates investigation found elevated levels of lead at several playgrounds across the region, including one New Orleans park where contamination exceeded the federal ...
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Exploring Linkages Between Soil Health and Human Health

Suggested Citation: "6 Interactions of Soil Chemical Contaminants, Soil Health, and Human Health." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Exploring Linkages Between Soil ...
TownLift

Park City’s Dirty Dirt: No fines, enforcement as contaminated water, toxic soil concerns mount at junior high site

An ongoing TownLift series examining how Park City’s mining legacy continues to shape environmental and public health risks ...
Beyond Pesticides

Adding to Wide Body of Science, Study Finds Pesticide Residues Threaten Health of Soil Microbiome

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 ...
Santa Monica Daily Press

UCLA researchers test soil for contaminants across LA County, from fire zones to Watts

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 ...
NBC Los Angeles

Contaminated soil found at nearly half of Pasadena Unified schools

The Pasadena Unified School District tested the soil at all of its schools after the Eaton Fire and the results show nearly half of their campuses have contaminated soil. Testing showed 11 of the 23 ...
Envirotech Online

How the EU Soil Monitoring Law is re-shaping the laboratory sector

The EU Soil Monitoring Law is now shaping the soil monitoring market in the present, not simply setting up a future ...