Good news for tea lovers: That daily brew might be purifying the water, too. In a new study, Northwestern University researchers demonstrated that brewing tea naturally adsorbs heavy metals like lead ...

Toxic trace elements such as lead, mercury, arsenic, and cadmium naturally occur in small quantities in coastal seas. However, human activities, such as industry and agriculture, contribute ...

Dangerous levels of microplastics and toxic heavy metals have accumulated in the sediments of the Bhairab and Rupsa rivers in ...

Illinois officials warn of heavy metal risks at the abandoned Bautsch Gray Mine near Galena. Learn how to stay safe.

Waste produced by the mine was found to contain heavy metals in harmful amounts.

Up to 17 percent of the planet’s agricultural land may be contaminated by toxic heavy metals, a new study has found. As many as 1.4 billion people reside in areas with soil dangerously polluted with ...

Heavy metals get a bad rap. For the most part, it is deserved because they are usually toxic. Except when they aren't. You have probably consumed a whole lot of at least one or two of them, yet you ...

Toxic heavy metals from illegal mining otherwise known as galamsey are seeping into Ghana's treated water supply and driving ...

Firefighters battling the Iron Fire near Eureka may have been exposed to heavy metals, including lead, mercury and ...