Re: information request

Carol A. Miles (milesc@wsu.edu)
Tue, 17 Jun 1997 16:51:59 -0800

This is in response to Rebekah's question on soil sampling for lead. Don
Lisk at Cornell has done some research on the issue of lead in crops and
his work may be of some use to you. Some references I have are:

D. Kenyon, D Elfving, I Pakkala, C Bache, and D Lisk. 1979. Residues of
Lead and Arsenic in Crops Cultured on Old Orchard Soils, Bull. Environm.
Contam. Toxicol. 22, 221-223

D Elfving, C Bache, and D Lisk. Lead Content of Vegetables, Millet and
Apple Trees Grown on Soils Amended with Colored Newsprint. 1979. J of
Agric Fodd Chem. Vol 27, No 1., pp. 138-140.

D Elfving, W Hascheck, R Stehn, C Bache, W Gutenmann, and D Lisk. Lead in
Plants and Animals Inhabiting Old Orchard Soils. 1976. New York's Food
and Life Sciences Quarterly, Vol 9, No 3, July-Sept, pp.14-15.

>I am presently investigating a potential thesis/research project in the
>area of devising practical soil sampling protocols for assessing lead
>levels in urban lots as well as exploring possibilities for
>phytostabalization/phytoremediation implementation. As my interests are
>still quite broad I would appreciate any references, resources, or
>suggestions which you may have.
>Thank you.

Carol A. Miles, Ph.D.
Washington State University
Extension Agricultural Systems
360 NW North Street
Chehalis, WA 98532
PHONE 360-740-1295 FAX 360-740-2792
milesc@wsu.edu
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