[Pil-pc-oceania] News release: beware contaminants in home grown produce

[Tamara Griffiths]

It is good to look into how your backyard has been effected by industry over the years. Mt Isa is in the news at the moment over this very thing.

What we mustn't do, however, is to stop growing our own food. 

Perhaps new developments should have to produce a document of soil contaminants to buyers?

In known toxic sites, would it work to concrete over the yard, and build soil on top? I don't see why not...


> Avoiding toxic garden vegies
> 
> Source:
> http://www.crccare.com/view/index.aspx?id=15890
> 
> April 1, 2008
> 
> Many home gardeners grow their own fresh vegetables, believing them to be
> healthier and cleaner than market-bought produce ­ but in some cases home
> vegies can be toxic.
> 
> ŒAs our cities and towns grow, they sprawl across old orchards or farms,
> mine sites and former industrial plants or gasworks which have left residues
> of toxic contaminants in the soil,¹ says Dr Euan Smith of the CRC for
> Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment.
> 
> Scientists at the CRC are working to quantify the risk to consumers who eat
> their own home-grown fresh vegetables, given that residues of arsenic, lead,
> cadmium and DDT can linger in the soils for decades after the industry which
> left them has disappeared, says CRC CARE managing director Professor Ravi
> Naidu.


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