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Community garden heavy metal study

31 Mar 2011

The impetus for this movement stems from a variety of issues, such as: a concern over food supply and food security in urban areas; recognition of the health benefits of community-produced vegetables; the social benefits of local gardens; and the sense of community local gardens engender. [...] The concentration of arsenic in the surface soil can also result from the presence of arsenic in the soil parent material and through volcanic eruptions (CCME, 2001). [...] The mobility of copper in soil depends on the soil pH and the content of organic compounds and other minerals with which copper might interact. [...] Most copper exists in the surface layers of the soil mainly due to the recent anthropogenic sources of copper as well as bioaccumulation of the element. [...] The lead concentration of different organs of the plant is different and the translocation of lead from roots to tops is very limited.
agriculture environment lead mining water soil heavy metals natural resources arsenic chemicals chemistry copper materials environmental pollution sewage soils urban agriculture vegetables zinc fertiliser nature soil pollutants metals, heavy chemical substances metal and mineral community gardens median gardening contamination as carbonate phytoremediation

Authors

Heidary-Monfared, Sadra

Pages
47
Published in
Canada

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