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Direct linkHarms, Ashley Marie Raes; Presley, DeAnn Ricks; Hettiarachchi, Ganga M.; Attanayake, Chammi; Martin, Sabine; Thien, Steven J. – Natural Sciences Education, 2014
In March of 2009, Mr. John Holloway and his neighbors in the Harmony Park district of Kansas City, MO, were excited to begin gardening on a vacant city lot in their neighborhood. The neighborhood, like many in urban areas, had once been residential interspersed with small establishments including restaurants, shops, and businesses such as auto…
Descriptors: Gardening, Urban Areas, Soil Science, Hazardous Materials
Pierzynski, Gary M.; Vaillant, Grace C. – Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education, 2006
The cumulative result of almost 100 years of mining, milling, and smelting has left areas of Jasper County, Missouri, contaminated with high levels of the trace metals Pb, Cd, and Zn. The site was listed on the National Priorities List in 1990 and is now known as the Jasper County or Oronogo-Duenweg Mining Belt Superfund Site. The U.S.…
Descriptors: Ecology, Risk, Environmental Education, Toxicology
