Avalide Without A Prescription » Online Pharmacy http://www.growingedge.com/conspiracy-theories-and-the-white-house-garden Sustainable garden news, media, links and commentary for growers that are growing on the cutting edge. Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:36:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 Avalide Without A Prescription » Online Pharmacy http://www.growingedge.com/conspiracy-theories-and-the-white-house-garden/comment-page-1#comment-886 Tom Alexander Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:00:14 +0000 http://www.growingedge.com/?p=6409#comment-886 You are right, the White House garden is within acceptable levels set by the EPA and other regulatory agencies but... other urban gardens are near industrial areas and could or probably do have unacceptable levels of lead and other toxic by-products of the industrial age (remember their slogan from the 1960s... "better living through chemistry.") Back then everyone thought pollution just disappeared into thin air (or water or soil.) The Growing Edge had a post a couple of weeks ago on the urban gardening and toxic waste problem: http://www.growingedge.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=6153 You are right, the White House garden is within acceptable levels set by the EPA and other regulatory agencies but… other urban gardens are near industrial areas and could or probably do have unacceptable levels of lead and other toxic by-products of the industrial age (remember their slogan from the 1960s… “better living through chemistry.”) Back then everyone thought pollution just disappeared into thin air (or water or soil.)
The Growing Edge had a post a couple of weeks ago on the urban gardening and toxic waste problem:

http://www.growingedge.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=6153

]]> Avalide Without A Prescription » Online Pharmacy http://www.growingedge.com/conspiracy-theories-and-the-white-house-garden/comment-page-1#comment-884 Johanna Lake Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:39:05 +0000 http://www.growingedge.com/?p=6409#comment-884 Here's what they thought of next: That the garden is contaminated with lead. Obama Foodorama debunked that myth rapidly... http://obamafoodorama.blogspot.com/2009/06/white-house-kitchen-garden-as-media.html Here’s what they thought of next: That the garden is contaminated with lead. Obama Foodorama debunked that myth rapidly…

http://obamafoodorama.blogspot.com/2009/06/white-house-kitchen-garden-as-media.html

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