Heavy metal contamination in Yangshan Port raises concerns for seafood safety, with arsenic and mercury posing health risks.

Major nutrient sources include agricultural runoff, domestic sewage (also a source of microbial pollution), industrial ... large-scale health effects through drinking water exposure, including ...

Plastics pollution has a direct and deadly effect on wildlife. Thousands of seabirds and sea ... asking the government to regulate plastics as a pollutant under the Clean Water Act and will keep ...

Overall, deaths from modern pollution have increased by 66 percent in the past two decades, from an estimated 3.8 million deaths in 2000 to 6.3 ... increased monitoring of pollution and its health ...

protecting diminishing water resources has become one of the most pressing environmental issues and will likely become more complicated as climate change, species invasions, and pollution further ...