soil-contamination
soil-contamination


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DanielleS "This is a great question! Yes, to a certain extent you can trace contaminants back to the source. You can do this with a combination of approaches ..." | Read more » almost 4 years ago
DanielleS "Yes I have worked on remediation of different kinds of contaminants, toxic wastes, and contaminated sites and waters, with fungi, plants, microbes ..." | Read more » almost 4 years ago
Ishan555 "Nice information to understand. Motivation " | Read more » almost 4 years ago
Ag8n "One common test for water is total organic carbon(TOC). Usually, it's a relatively small instrument that takes water and measures the amount of c..." | Read more » almost 4 years ago
amocorro " @amocorro has marked @cherokeeconcernedcitizens as a co-author. " | Read more » almost 4 years ago
amocorro "Not personally, though I've read about Paul Stamet's work here in the Pacific Northwest and others that have been inspired by him to look into myco..." | Read more » almost 4 years ago
bhamster "@ngocthuyluu I recently came across this information about lettuce seed bioassays for toxicity in soil and water. Maybe a low-cost option to try ou..." | Read more » almost 4 years ago
bhamster "Here’s a project involving microbial remediation of sediment in the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn: http://elizabeth-henaff.net/BKBioReactor. Shared by ..." | Read more » almost 4 years ago
bhamster "Thanks for finding and sharing this critical safety info @Ag8n. Adding a little more background here for anyone interested: Stereoisomers are diff..." | Read more » almost 4 years ago
Ag8n "EDDS is closely related to EDTA. The part to be careful of- there are three stereoisomers. Only one(the S,S) is thought to break down well. This ..." | Read more » almost 4 years ago
bhamster "A combo chemical and phytoremediation example from Mindy who joined the soil research area review kick-off call last week: "I saw a talk at a conf..." | Read more » almost 4 years ago
Ag8n "Some of the commercial water kits claim they work on soil. But... The lab I worked at tested clay and other fillers. It can be a pain. Working wi..." | Read more » almost 4 years ago
bhamster "These ideas are fantastic. Thanks so much @Ag8n! I read about this lead screening procedure that uses sodium rhodizonate as a color indicator, as i..." | Read more » almost 4 years ago
Ag8n "Satellites- a quick search found a couple of articles. A more extensive search would surely find more. " | Read more » almost 4 years ago
akashsharma55689 "Good post. I learn something totally new and challenging on websites I stumbleupon every day. It will always be exciting to read through articles f..." | Read more » almost 4 years ago
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Ag8n "Another weird approach. Their are already a number of inexpensive water tests available on amazon. These tests are labeled as heavy metal, althou..." | Read more » almost 4 years ago
Ag8n "A wet chemical test like "heavy metals". This initially was done with hydrogen sulfide, so all the different kinds of metal salts were metal sulfi..." | Read more » almost 4 years ago
bhamster "Biosensors? Going a more bionic route, biosensors combine biological material with electronic components to detect contaminants. I saw them mentio..." | Read more » almost 4 years ago
bhamster "Bioassays? This uses biological (living) organisms, like plants or animals, to measure toxicity in a test sample. For example, soil contaminants c..." | Read more » almost 4 years ago
abbykinchy "I really enjoyed the discussion and look forward to more talk about soil! " | Read more » almost 4 years ago
bhamster "Thanks so much to everyone who joined this call! A brilliant group of people came with questions, ideas, and lots of enthusiasm for working togeth..." | Read more » almost 4 years ago
amocorro "@ngocthuyluu thanks for chatting with @bhamster this week about soil! Here's a great garden related post from @DanielleS (mentioned earlier): https..." | Read more » almost 4 years ago
jjcreedon "Thank you! " | Read more » almost 4 years ago