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Contaminant Exposure via Urban Gardening

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06.22.15_PennStateSoilExtensionUrbanGardeningBrochure.pdf Penn State Soil Extension Fact Sheet Fact Sheet 9/24/2018 811 KB Download
FINAL BOB AND MY Urban Gardening Soil Kitchen Handout.pdf Bob Helverson and my write up after first Soil Kitchen in 2011 Fact Sheet 9/24/2018 74 KB Download
July 10 2018 PPT for Maurice at Powercorps.pptx Revised presentation on lead in soil in Philly 2018 Presentation 9/24/2018 70275 KB Download
2016 Oregon Extension Service Fact Sheet_1.pdf Fact Sheet on gardening from Oregon Extension Service Fact Sheet 9/24/2018 1065 KB Download
Lead (Pb) in Soil.pptx Lead in Soil Presentation 2017 Presentation 9/24/2018 30842 KB Download
Revised PPT for Jerome and Maurice Feb 2018.pptx Presentation in April 2018 for MSampson. First Half: Philadelphia soil Pb problem;
Second Half: Cover options.		 Presentation 4/25/2018 51119 KB Download
ehp.120-a20a.pdf Remediating soil lead with fish bones journal: urban soil 1/19/2012 184 KB Download
Gardening Pathway Comparison DRAFT_ 06`28`11.xlsx Spreadsheet of lead intakes Database 7/14/2011 18 KB Download
Urban Garden BF Ann and Ganga 2 update.pdf Strengthening urban agriculture and food access in CARE communities (Brownfields) Presentation 7/14/2011 13226 KB Download
Urban AgSoil Survey - Short Version 2010.pdf Survey Survey 7/14/2011 178 KB Download
Urban AgSoil Survey - Long Version 2010.pdf Survey Survey 7/14/2011 203 KB Download
WashingtonState.pdf Gardening on lead and arsenic contaminated soils Fact Sheet 7/14/2011 99 KB Download
urban_gardening_fact_sheet.pdf US EPA (2011) Fact Sheet 7/14/2011 4380 KB Download
Thesis.pdf Bioaccumulation of Pb, Cd, As, and Zn in garden vegetables grown in mine tailings journal:risk fr gard 7/14/2011 4519 KB Download
SCENARIOSFINAL3.PDF Example exposure scenarios journal:risk fr gard 7/14/2011 1814 KB Download
r8-issi_issi-vbi70-06.pdf Gaden vegetable sampling at residences for the determination of risk-based exposure to metals journal:risk fr gard 7/14/2011 212 KB Download
Plant uptake models Bechtel.pdf Empirical models for the uptake of inorganic chemicals for soil to plants Report 7/14/2011 927 KB Download
Murray Smeleter risk assessment.pdf Baseline HHRA for Murry Smelter Supperfund Site Report case study 7/14/2011 12447 KB Download
Hemphill et al 1973.pdf Toxic heavy metals in vegetables and forage grasses in Missouri's lead belt. Report: Pb in soil 7/14/2011 410 KB Download
epa_kennecott-gardenveg.pdf Kennecott Site, Salt Lake City, Utah: Uptake of lead and arsenic by garden vegetables Report case study 7/14/2011 10276 KB Download
Clark-Helen-2006-Roxbury soil and plant Pb-No Phyto-JEQ.pdf Exposure pathways of lead in Urban Garden Soil journal:risk fr gard 7/14/2011 230 KB Download
Chaney et al-1984-Urban Garden Metal-UDC Proc.pdf Heavy metal exposure from urban gardens and soils journal:risk fr gard 7/14/2011 261 KB Download
Brown et al-2004-Joplin-remediation-JEQ.pdf A study was established near a former Zn and Pb smelter to test the ability of soil amendments to reduce the availability of Pb, Zn, and Cd in situ. Report: Pb in soil 7/14/2011 182 KB Download
BF Local_Agriculture Final 09.pdf Brownfields redevelopment and local agriculture overview/factsheet Fact Sheet 7/14/2011 1405 KB Download
NW Univ paperPbinhomesoilaandveggies2003.pdf er et Field Survey of Pb in edibles grown in contaminted soils journal:risk fr gard 7/13/2011 173 KB Download
Battelle Sources of Lead report.pdf 1998 Sources of Lead in Soil: Battelle Report for EPA (Three Sources: Paint, Industrial Point Sources, Leaded Gasoline) Report: Pb in soil 7/13/2011 1088 KB Download
BostonLeadSafe2006SOilMitigationforPb.pdf 2006 Boston Lead Safe soil mitigation effort Report case study 7/13/2011 200 KB Download
USouthWales200Householddustlevels.pdf 2008 household dust in Sydney article: dust in/out 7/13/2011 226 KB Download
Belgium2007HouseDust.pdf 2007 Belgium study on Cd and Pb house dust from contaminated soils/gardens article: dust in/out 7/13/2011 664 KB Download
2010LeafyVegriskfromcontaminatedurbansoils.pdf 2010 UK risk assessment on leafy vegetables in contaminated urban soil journal:risk fr gard 7/13/2011 1885 KB Download
2008HungaryRiskAssessmentofsitevegetablegarden.pdf 2008 Hungary risk assessmnent in contaminated veg gardent journal:risk fr gard 7/13/2011 418 KB Download
1989RecomPbinsoilmaxvaluesinurbanareas.pdf 1989 Madhaven et al Recommended Max Pb levels in soil journal:recmaxPb 7/13/2011 472 KB Download
UK2009GrowYourOwnFood_MetalsRisk.pdf 2009 UK article "risk from growing your own" journal:risk fr gard 7/13/2011 235 KB Download
Chemetccharacofurban soils.pdf 2010 Agronomy Monograph 55: Urban Soil Characteristics Monograph 7/13/2011 1907 KB Download
Trace metals in urban soil.pdf 2005 Trace metals in urban soils journal: urban soil 7/13/2011 998 KB Download
2002EPAXBunkerHillcleanupcase study.pdf 2002 EPA Bunker Hill Site cleanup Report case study 7/13/2011 1025 KB Download
mlk-jeffschool-final.pdf NJDEP report on dust exposure to community during school construction Report: dust in/out 7/13/2011 1929 KB Download
2011CChenetal_RelationbetweeninandoutParticles.pdf particle relationship inside and outside article: dust in/out 7/13/2011 634 KB Download
2008LaidlawandFilippelliurbansoilresuspension.pdf Urban soil resuspension as threat to children article: dust in/out 7/13/2011 2045 KB Download
2005NYFootwearsoiltransfertohome.pdf Soil tracking into house via footwear article: dust in/out 7/13/2011 799 KB Download
2003vonLindernetal_soilremediationonPbinhouse dust.pdf Influence of soil remediation on house dust article: dust in/out 7/13/2011 795 KB Download