toxic soil
Polluted ground hazard
Toxic soil is ground contaminated with pollutants—heavy metals, pesticides, industrial chemicals, or other hazardous substances—that make it dangerous for plants, animals, or humans.
The contamination may come from factories, mining, improper waste disposal, or agricultural runoff.
The old factory site sat on toxic soil for decades before cleanup began.
- contaminatedMade impure by contact
- pollutedMade impure by contaminants
- hazardousLikely to cause injury
- leadDense metal, symbol Pb
- arsenicToxic metalloid element
heavy metals · heavy metal poisoning · remediation · environmental cleanup · barren · poisoned · industrial · waste · chemicals · chemical spill · leaching · groundwater · brownfield · pesticides · sludge · runoff · mercury · cadmium
toxic soilfertile soil
Nutrient-rich growing medium
arable land · loam · topsoil · black earth · humus
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