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Lots of 'probablys.' You should probably do more reading and less writing. There are elevated lead levels around "civilization" due to human activity. (Lead
by easp 17y ago
Lots of 'probablys.' You should probably do more reading and less writing.
There are elevated lead levels around "civilization" due to human activity. (Lead paint, tetra-ethyl lead in gasoline, pesticides, etc). Food crops vary in the degree to which they accumulate lead, but they do. In general, the skin of roots and tubers have the higest levels and fruits the lowest. Keep in mind though, stems and leaves can have higher levels, particularly since various members of the mustard family (which includes broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, etc) are deliberately used for phytoremediation of lead.
- hs 17y agofine, can you point me the cases when someone die due to lead poisoning from eating plants alone? my point is that the amount of Pb is minimal in plant, esp if you wash&clean it. you probably will get more Pb from eating pesticides, inhaling gasoline or licking the paints the more reading you do, the more you will be asking questions. some of conclusions i had in past years are now broken. i keep learning stuff -- so really, i don't have absolute knowledge about anything ... but it's okay