Comments on: Lead testing recommended for Detroit gardens http://michiganmessenger.com/35933/lead-testing-recommended-for-detroit-gardens The Michigan Messenger is a local news site covering politics and policy throughout Michigan. Its team delivers original reporting daily. The Michigan Messenger is published by the nonpartisan and nonprofit group American Independent News Network. Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Anonymous http://michiganmessenger.com/35933/lead-testing-recommended-for-detroit-gardens/comment-page-1#comment-32515 Anonymous Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:23:00 +0000 http://michiganmessenger.com/?p=35933#comment-32515 The soil must be tested before starting a garden.And if this kind of soil problems have been reported the authorities should step in and check it out.Gardens should be part of our lives because the plants are those who keeps us alive. ____________________________________________________________ <a href="http://www.1800flowers.com/marthastewart" rel="nofollow">Flowers</a> The soil must be tested before starting a garden.And if this kind of soil problems have been reported the authorities should step in and check it out.Gardens should be part of our lives because the plants are those who keeps us alive.

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]]> By: ConservativeinaLiberalLand http://michiganmessenger.com/35933/lead-testing-recommended-for-detroit-gardens/comment-page-1#comment-17569 ConservativeinaLiberalLand Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:52:25 +0000 http://michiganmessenger.com/?p=35933#comment-17569 I suspect the quote by Mr. Mogk is at the very least misleading: suggesting that high lead levels in Detroit children are caused by contaminated garden soil, Did not lead poisoning happen <ul>before</ul> gardening was a new phenomenon in Detroit? I would like to review those statistics. <br> That being said, given the small amount of funding under consideration, I fully endorse testing garden soil in the Detroit area for lead, given a $100K cap on the funding amount, over a period of one year. I suspect the quote by Mr. Mogk is at the very least misleading: suggesting that high lead levels in Detroit children are caused by contaminated garden soil, Did not lead poisoning happen <ul>before</ul> gardening was a new phenomenon in Detroit? I would like to review those statistics.
That being said, given the small amount of funding under consideration, I fully endorse testing garden soil in the Detroit area for lead, given a $100K cap on the funding amount, over a period of one year.

]]> By: ConservativeinaLiberalLand http://michiganmessenger.com/35933/lead-testing-recommended-for-detroit-gardens/comment-page-1#comment-16424 ConservativeinaLiberalLand Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:52:25 +0000 http://michiganmessenger.com/?p=35933#comment-16424 I suspect the quote by Mr. Mogk is at the very least misleading: suggesting that high lead levels in Detroit children are caused by contaminated garden soil, Did not lead poisoning happen <ul>before</ul> gardening was a new phenomenon in Detroit? I would like to review those statistics. <br> That being said, given the small amount of funding under consideration, I fully endorse testing garden soil in the Detroit area for lead, given a $100K cap on the funding amount, over a period of one year. I suspect the quote by Mr. Mogk is at the very least misleading: suggesting that high lead levels in Detroit children are caused by contaminated garden soil, Did not lead poisoning happen <ul>before</ul> gardening was a new phenomenon in Detroit? I would like to review those statistics.
That being said, given the small amount of funding under consideration, I fully endorse testing garden soil in the Detroit area for lead, given a $100K cap on the funding amount, over a period of one year.

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