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I live in a town that used to be a lead mining community. I know some folks around here who have backyard chickens.. in fact, I get eggs from one of them (tho

I live in a town that used to be a lead mining community. I know some folks around here who have backyard chickens.. in fact, I get eggs from one of them (though they live in a ways away from where I think the lead mining was, so hopefully we are safe..) This is a very interesting news to me. I wonder if there is a cheap and easy way to test the eggs to see if they are absorbing lead from the soil?

giantg2 4y ago
You might be able to send two samples to a soil testing facility - one with just soil, the other with 50% soil and 50% soil with 50% eggs. Maybe want to let it compost so it doesn't stink too much in the mail/lab. Or ask the lab if they can test an egg. Other labs should be able to, but probably more expensive.