Nearly 17% of the world’s croplands are contaminated with “heavy metals”, according to a new study in Science. These ...

Up to 17 percent of cropland worldwide is contaminated with at least one type of toxic heavy metal, posing health risks to up ...

Class action lawsuits filed against food and beverage companies surged last year – reversing a multi-year downward trend but still falling significantly short of the 10-plus year high in 2021, accordi ...

Target is recalling more than 25,000 packages of baby food for elevated levels of lead. According to a notice posted by the U ...

A study published in Science looks at global soil contamination by toxic metals. Dr Lucie Buchi, Senior Lecturer in Crop Ecology at the NRI, University of Greenwich, said: ...

A new study has raised alarms over the potential health risks of recycled paper food contact materials (FCMs), showing that they can release dangerous levels of toxic metals—including lead, arsenic, ...

The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service says it anticipates other products may be added, potentially resulting in ...

A DEAD spider discovered in a loaf of bread, a piece of glass in a chicken breast and a large piece of metal found in a ...