On Mon, 20 Dec 2004, Cheryl Shipman wrote: > At 10:47 AM 12/20/2004, Samuel Nicolary wrote: > >On Mon, 20 Dec 2004, Cheryl Shipman wrote: > > > > > I decided my particular house was less likely > > > than many to have spill over from industrial use, so it might be safe to > > > eat from my garden including root vegetables. No noticeable ill-effects. > > > >If there was any chance that it were contaminated why wouldn't you take > >simple steps to mitigate it? Is soil so expensive that you wouldn't just > >dig out the garden area, install a raised bed and fill with clean > >uncontaminated soil? > > > In a word, yes. Having 10 inches of contaminated soil hauled away and > disposed of legally is expensive.
No need to dispose of it - just make use of it somewhere where you won't be growing things in it that you will be putting in your body. I just consider taking a chance like that by making assumptions to be immeasurably more expensive. -- Sam Nicolary ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
