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Daily Discussion Thread: Sun 30 Jul 2023 (aussie.zone)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For affordable soil testing for heavy metal contaminants, Macquarie Uni does a very cheap test of soil samples you send in. You can also send household dust for analysis. Details here https://www.mq.edu.au/faculty-of-science-and-engineering/departments-and-schools/school-of-natural-sciences/our-research/impact-case-studies/vegesafe-and-dustsafe#:~:text=VegeSafe%20is%20a%20community%20science,our%20soil%20metal%20testing%20program.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thanks, I thought about doing it.

Another issue is though is edible plants vs visiting cat poops