This page is currently under construction. Please stay tuned for more information about how to use this kit! In the meantime, you may wish to explore our [Soil Sampling Wiki](https://publiclab.org/wiki/soil-sampling)

#### Where To Get One

The Soil Testing Toolkit will be offered in the fall of 2018 as a [Community Kit ](publiclab.org/kits). If you are in the Western New York Area, you may also be able to borrow one for free from CSCR's Lending Library.  

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### Basic info

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### Story

#### What environmental problems might this apply to

* For example, particulate matter in air, turbidity in water, lead in soil?

#### What limitations does the method have

* not weather proof? needs a calibration?

#### Literature review

* has it been done?
* how?
* who has done it?

#### What is the design philosophy

This kit is designed to follow EPA protocol for gathering and preparing soil samples for lab analysis. 

#### Questions?

You can tag this kit in any questions you post by adding "question:soil-testing-toolkit" in the tag area

#### About the data

This kit is designed to be used to prepare samples for lab testing-- currently Test America is offering discounted soil testing to kit purchases (we recommend connecting with the lab directly to confirm current pricing). Stay tuned for a list of local labs and contact information. 

#### Purchase a Kit

This kit will be available through the [Public Lab Store](https://store.publiclab.org/). Stay tuned for updates!

## Activities

[activities:soil-testing-toolkit]

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## Questions

[questions:soil-testing-toolkit]

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