Below is a curated list of articles from around the world relating to the topic of soil toxicity and the need from improved regulatory oversight.

Cadmium in fertilisers used for cacao production: a case study in Colombia

López-Zuleta, S., Cifuentes, E.E.A., Quiroga-Mateus, R., et al. (2025). Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A, 1–16.

26.09.25

Cd is a heavily enriched heavy metal controlled by organic fertilizer use in facility farmland soils.

Zhang, M., Zou, G., Yang, Z., et al. (2025). Processes, 13, 1010.

26.09.25

Health risks and contamination degrees associated with heavy metals in three coastal fish from the Red Sea.

Abbas, M.M.M., EKraim, Y.M., Alnasser, A.S. et al. Sci Rep 15, 32047 (2025).

26.09.25

Bioremediation of heavy metal(loid)s in agricultural soils and crops

Naidu, R., Biswas, B., Nuruzzaman, M. et al. Nat Rev Bioeng (2025).

20.08.25

Contamination and source-oriented health risk assessment of heavy metals in sediments: a case study of the Yixun River Basin, China

Xu, L., Hao, G., Feng, S. et al. Sci Rep 15, 24759 (2025).

20.08.25

Effect of land use on the concentrations of trace elements and heavy metals in the hair of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus).

Marschner, C., Gray, R., Terkildsen, M. et al. Sci Rep 15, 27920 (2025).

20.08.25