Leafy vegetables like lettuce are readily available in grocery stores and often seen as a healthy food choice. As researchers work to understand how emerging contaminants behave in plants, new ...

HEAVY METAL IS making a big comeback—and we’re not talking about Black Sabbath’s reunion concert this summer. Protein supplements and baby formula aren’t the only foods that may contain toxic heavy ...

(CNN) – A new study has found marijuana users have more heavy metals in their bodies compared to non-users. That’s because cannabis has a special property that allows the plant to absorb heavy metals ...

Sunflowers can remove toxic metals and radioactive elements from soil through phytoremediation, a plant-based cleanup process used after disasters like Chernobyl and Fukushima to reduce environmental ...