"Perhaps the most serious constraint to the growth of urban agriculture is contamination of soil, plants and food from lead, mercury and other heavy metals that are often found in heavily urbanized and former industrial sites, said Sam Wortman, a researcher at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. He co-authored a report on the challenges threatening the growth of urban agriculture, which was published this month in the Journal of Environmental Quality."
Posted on: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 18:38:36 +0000
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