Database research record2012·United States (Omaha)
THE OCCURRENCE OF LEAD IN SOIL AND VEGETABLES AT A COMMUNITY GARDEN IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA
Jodi L. Sangster, Andrew Nelson, Shannon L. Bartelt‐Hunt
International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship
Urban Farm DB summary
Soil and vegetable samples were collected from a community garden in Omaha, Nebraska, which had known soil lead contamination. Total lead content was evaluated using atomic absorption spectroscopy, revealing lead concentrations in soil ranging from 4 to 574 ppm, with an average of 128.4 ppm in growing beds and 31.5 ppm in OmaGro compost. Lead was also present in vegetable samples at or below 16.25 ppm.