VegeSafe: A community science program measuring soil-metal contamination, evaluating risk and providing advice for safe gardening

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• 作者：Marek Rouillon^a ; ^{marek.rouillon@mq.edu.au} ; Paul J. Harvey^b ; Louise J. Kristensen^a ; ^c ; Steven G. George^a ; Mark P. Taylor^a ; ^{mark.taylor@mq.edu.au}
• 关键词：Lead ; Soil contamination ; Sydney ; Urban gardens ; X-ray fluorescence spectrometry
• 刊名：Environmental Pollution
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：March 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：222
• 期：Complete
• 页码：557-566
• 全文大小：2305 K
• 卷排序：222

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Community science ‘VegeSafe’ program informs public of garden metal contamination. Health risks associated with the growing trend of urban agriculture identified. 40% of Sydney homes exceed the guideline for metals in garden soil. Temporal shifts in contamination sources determined using program metadata.