What happened: The team of German researchers in a recent study stated, “Soil contamination is a less visible danger to human health than dirty air.” At the same time, it has been quoted that a strong connection between soil pollution and heart diseases, heart attack and stroke among women and people with diabetes, has been reported. Details: The University Medical Center Mainz, in a press release, quoted the study’s author Professor Thomas Munzel, “Evidence is mounting that pollutants in soil may damage cardiovascular health through several mechanisms including inflammation and disrupting the body’s natural clock.” What else did the study find? The German study also stated that people in Japan were 21% more likely to be hospitalized by the desert from China, and “people working in the agricultural and chemical industry are at the highest risk of heart disease.”