Re: [UC] arsenic in the soil

[Shaera]

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. Cheryl   Oh boy we can attest to just how expensive it is to have soil replaced!  Half  of back yard here was full of rampant running bamboo.  Stuff went over 3 feet deep and was impossible.  We tried digging it up  ourselves, worried about it spreading more, nothing we did really put a dent in it's growth.  Finally we did have half the yard dug up, old soil removed, bamboo barrier put up and new soil put in.  An awful, messy, painful (yes, we did help) and time consuming job.  And very expensive!  Worth it now at least.    Wendy