A couple things to note in this piece: 1) there is no understanding of the lead level in the soil of major farms! i.e., you have no way of knowing the lead level of the food you buy at the grocery store. 2) you can get your soil tested at BC!
FRANK MEUSCHKE’S garden, which surrounds the house he rents in Brooklyn, is a bountiful source of tomatoes, snap peas, green beans, peppers, lettuce and multiple varieties of flowers. It is also, as he recently discovered to his dismay, a rich repository of lead. He had his soil tested last month, and the analysis showed more than 90 times the amount of lead expected to occur naturally.
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