High Lead Levels Found in Urban Gardens

Researchers from Wellesley College have found that urban vegetable gardeners can be exposed to lead contamination even if they use raised beds with clean compost or topsoil. It isn’t the vegetables but the dirt itself that can collect fine lead particles. The lead, from industrial site around the city, can sometimes become airborne and lands in urban gardens, Daniel Brabander and his team of researcher found. The group presented their findings at the 2010 annual meeting of the Geological Society of America.
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