How lead gets into urban vegetable gardens

Tuesday, November 2, 2010 - 08:10 in Earth & Climate

One common mitigation approach is to build a raised bed and fill it with freshly composted, low-lead soil from elsewhere, right? Maybe not, according to researchers studying the mysterious case of the lead contamination found within raised beds in community gardens in the Boston communities of Roxbury and Dorchester...

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