Soil Remediation

Soil sent in by a Lead Safe Mama reader from Kansas (XRF test results, May 2023)

May 2, 2023September 24, 2023

For those new to this website: Tamara Rubin is a multiple-Federal-award-winning independent advocate for childhood Lead-poisoning prevention and consumer goods safety, and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children (two of her sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). Since 2009, Tamara has been using XRF technology (a scientific method used by…

Soil sent in by a Lead Safe Mama reader from Omaha, Nebraska (XRF test results, May 2023)

May 2, 2023September 24, 2023

For those new to this website: Tamara Rubin is a multiple-Federal-award-winning independent advocate for childhood Lead-poisoning prevention and consumer goods safety, and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children (two of her sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). Since 2009, Tamara has been using XRF technology (a scientific method used by…

Soil from Exton, Pennsylvania (XRF test results, April 2023)

April 5, 2023September 24, 2023

For those new to this website: Tamara Rubin is a multiple-Federal-award-winning independent advocate for childhood Lead-poisoning prevention and consumer goods safety, and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children (two of her sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). Since 2009, Tamara has been using XRF technology (a scientific method used by…

Soil Samples from Rockville, Maryland – 2022

November 11, 2022November 12, 2022

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Published: November 11, 2022 Test results for soil samples sent in by a Lead Safe Mama reader from Rockville, Maryland. Samples are tested multiple times to confirm the results. Samples are tested using XRF technology (which – when testing soil – typically produces test results within the same range as sending samples to a…

Soil Samples from Muscatine, Iowa – 2022

November 1, 2022December 6, 2022

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Published: October 31, 2022 Test results for four soil samples sent in by a Lead Safe Mama reader from Muscatine, Iowa. Samples are tested multiple times to confirm the results. Samples are tested using XRF technology (which – when testing soil – typically produces test results within the same range as sending samples to a…

XRF Test Results For Burpee Natural & Organic Seed Starting Mix (2022).

April 27, 2022April 29, 2022

Wednesday – April 27, 2022 Readers often send me soil samples to test. This is the first time someone has sent me “Seed Starting Mix.” She didn’t include a photo of the package or the actual package, but I will ask her for that so I can update this post with more details. In the…

Soil from Topanga / Calabasas, CA (XRF test results, March 2019).

March 12, 2019July 30, 2021

Note: IF you are sending me soil samples to test, please follow the instructions on the link below very carefully and please send no more than one teaspoon to one tablespoon of soil per sample. When larger amounts of soil are sent, especially when surface soil is intermingled with soil under the surface, the readings are…

Soil from Southern California (XRF Test Results – February 2019).

February 26, 2019July 30, 2021

Someone sent me some soil to test, and I thought I would share the results here with all of you! Although most of the items sent in by folks for me to test are household consumer goods, I often get soil samples to test for families with concerns about toxicants in their yard (or garden,…

Study: Remediating Soil Lead with Fish Bones, January 2012

December 29, 2017December 29, 2017

“Fish bones are made of the phosphate mineral apatite, which readily combines with lead to form pyromorphite, a stable crystalline mineral that can’t be absorbed by the human digestive system.1,2 Now researchers are using fish bones and other phosphate-rich amendments to remediate lead in urban soils. “We have seen reduction in bioaccessibility in some lab…