Researchers have found unusually high concentrations of toxic heavy metals in surface soils at Elkhorn Slough Reserve in Moss ...

After a fire at a Monterey County battery storage facility, scientists say high levels of heavy metals were found at a nearby ...

Nickel, cobalt and manganese, found in lithium-ion batteries, increased dramatically at Elkhorn Slough after the fire ...

"These are very disturbing numbers," said County of Monterey Supervisor Glenn Church. "... We're in uncharted territory." ...

Three heavy metals were found at concentrations thousands of times greater after the fire. The implications for wildlife hang ...

Elevated concentrations of heavy metals have been detected at the Elkhorn Slough Reserve by scientists from San Jose State University’s Moss Landing Marine Laboratories following a recent fire at ...

Researchers find heavy metals in sensitive habitat near Moss Landing battery fire site, a group of locals collect 125 samples for independent testing.

The facility also has a battery storage station owned by PG&E. Dr. Ivano Aiello, chair of San José State’s Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, said in the release that the soils at the Elkhorn ...

Sponsored Dr. Ivano Aiello, the chair of San José State’s Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, said that after the fire, his lab tested the soil in a 2-mile radius of the plant, which is near the Elkhorn ...

“Those three metals are toxic,” said Ivano Aiello, a marine geology professor at Moss Landing Marine Labs, who led the soils testing. “They are hazardous to aquatic life. We want to ...