The pH scale goes from 0 to 14 with pH 7 as the neutral point. As the amount of hydrogen ions in the soil increases the soil pH decreases thus becoming more acidic. From pH 7 to 0 the soil is ...

The Department of Health and Department of Agriculture have reported and are now addressing reports of melioidosis in Siquijor. First thought to be glanders disease, the DOH later confirmed the ...

A bacteria strain that causes melioidosis has been found in US soil and water for the first time. People mostly catch the bacteria, called Burkholderia pseudomallei, from contaminated soil or water.

Melioidosis is "primarily contracted through open wounds, inhalation, or ingestion of contaminated water or contact with soil." It presents serious public health risks for tropical countries like ...

Effect of solution pH on nanoplastic adsorption onto soil particle surface and the aggregation of soil particles. Science of The Total Environment , 2025; 178712 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025. ...

In a new study, researchers have determined through both statistical analysis and in experiments that soil pH is a driver of microbial community composition – but that the need to address ...

Humans may develop melioidosis by inhaling contaminated dust or water droplets, swallowing contaminated water, ingesting soil-contaminated food, or exposing skin abrasions or open wounds to ...

One of the biggest factors affecting the health of plants in your garden is the pH of the soil, which is a measure of its acidity or alkalinity. A pH of 7.0 is neutral while that above 7.0 is ...

The bacteria been found in soil and water in the continental United States, U.S. health officials said Wednesday, July 27, 2022. (Dr. Todd Parker, Audra Marsh/CDC via AP) AP AP ...

The bacteria behind the potentially fatal disease melioidosis has been found in U.S. soil for the first time, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Wednesday (July 27).

For years, health officials in the US noted sporadic, mysterious cases of a foreign bacterial infection, called melioidosis. The infection—which is difficult to diagnose, tricky to treat, and ...

Melioidosis: Warning after soil-borne disease kills NQ man amid case spike. A man has died after contracting the deadly soil-borne disease melioidosis, which has taken hold in North Queensland, ...