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When I was shopping for garden hoses I looked for contamination possibilities and it turns out some of those green hoses have lead in them as a stiffener. That may help explain the high lead tests in some areas. Especially where paint is not a likely vector. Old car exhaust does settle into soil particles.


Garden hoses are absolutely awful for their plasticizer content (xenoestrogen) as well


It seems like there's no winning.

Is there any conceivable way those chemicals could make their way into food? Should people use a watering can?

Is there any avoiding contaminants in food? Do we live in a post-contaminant society? Even our compost is contaminated.


> Do we live in a post-contaminant society?

the answer seems to be yes for most part of the world

https://slimemoldtimemold.com/2021/07/13/a-chemical-hunger-p...




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