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The vegetable kale has the ability to draw heavy metals from soil, and consequently expose humans to lead. This study measured the concentration of lead in kale commercially obtained in Buncombe County, North Carolina. Although lead intake should be avoided whenever possible, the lead concentrations in these kale samples were detectable but negligible.
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Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science
(NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 124 Issue 1, Spring 2008,
p23-25, il, bibl
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1680
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Frederic Pfaender, professor and researcher in the UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, is searching for ways to decrease soil pollution so that our drinking water will be safer and less contaminated.
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31669
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The 1973 General Assembly adopted a Sedimentation Pollution Act to deal with the problem of sediment run-off from erosion of land during construction operations. Governor Jim Holshouser discusses the problem of uncontrolled soil erosion, improper use of farmlands, and the new sedimentation law.
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