New research from Staffordshire University highlights the increasing threat of microplastics to global food production

Covering all aspects of pollution in relation to agriculture, forestry, public health, and tourism.

Plastic debris could harm crop health in long term

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of humic acid (HA) applications on rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) growth, heavy metal uptake, bioconcentration factor (BCF), translocation factor (TF), tolerance index (TI), catalase (CAT), ascorbate peroxidase (APX) enzyme activities and hydrogen...

The toxicity and environmental persistence of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) are of great concern for food intake in humans. However, PFASs conversion or conjugation to other substances in rice grown on PFASs polluted soil has not been explored clearly. These...

Biochar may affect nitrogen (N) cycling processes and, therefore, plant-available forms of soil N by modifying the activity and composition of the soil microbial community. However, it is unclear how biochar addition can influence microbial N cycling and availability in saline polluted soils. The...

The ameliorative potential of goat droppings (GD) for crude oil polluted soil was explored in this study. The aim of this study was to evaluate the possibility of using stored goat droppings to attenuate crude oil toxicity on crop plants. It comprised six study groups as follows; (group 1= control; ...

Pyrolytic remediation restores soil fertility

An emerging threat to terrestrial ecosystems

We report a study of the bioremediation of two biostimulants obtained from sewage sludge by fermentation processes in a oxyfluorfen-polluted soil over a 72-day period under laboratory conditions. The effects thereof on enzymatic activities, bacterial community and the evolution of oxyfluorfen in...