Posted on 07/08/2009 3:12:10 PM PDT by inkling
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| Michelle signals there is heavy metal in the soil. |
It was meant to be a show case for healthy living, with the first lady, Michelle Obama, personally putting hand to pitch fork in a crowd of school children to dig up the first White House vegetable garden in more than 50 years.Oh, a little lead won't hurt ya! I was raised on pencils and paint chips and it never did me no harm ('cept for the prehensile tail, hairy tongue and whatnot). But here was the part of the Guardian article that really chapped my leaden derriere...
Instead, an embarrassed White House admitted today that the plot — whose lettuce, herbs and other produce have been consumed by the first family, visiting dignitaries, local school children and a women's homeless shelter — had tested positive for elevated levels of lead.
A spokeswoman for the White House said the soil in the garden had lead concentrations of 93 parts per million of lead. Health experts say it is safe to raise leafy vegetables in soil with concentrations of 10-50 parts per million, and urban gardens typically have raised lead levels. However, it is advised for young children to be tested for exposure to lead if they play in areas where lead concentrations exceed 100 parts per million. The Environmental Protection Agency puts the threshold for dangerous lead levels at 300 parts per million.
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Weren’t those the vegetables that were planted then harvested a few days later?
Now that is just bad news. DC is such a cesspit, they all deserve each other.
You heard of a Japanese garden? Well this is a Chinese garden with extra lead.
How’s that work with arugula?
Whatever, at the rate things are going, we’ll all have to be truck gardening soon.
Among the Russians, for instance, gardening is a survival skill, not a hobby.
Uh...they didn’t do soil testing before digging the place up?
If so, they need to speak to the folks who delivered it.
It's just such a tacky thing to do, though -- reminds me of a character in a Kipling short story, who told her husband: "The beasts!" she went on. "They'd be sure to build a red-brick lodge at the gates, and cut the lawn up for bedding out. You must leave instructions in your will that he's never to do that, George, won't you?"
“Weren’t those the vegetables that were planted then harvested a few days later?”
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The potatoes were dug up with the “Product of Idaho” sticker on them.
They checked for lead in the wrong place.
It’s wonderful when God expresses his sense of humor.
It’s Bush’s fault!
Jeez you guys are getting slow!!
bawahahahahahaha LMAO
Bwaaahahahaha! Hillaryous! The dirt probably came from Fort Marcey Park!
Maybe the garden is being used for disposal of the White House’s compact flourescent light bulbs.
Let’s hope the 0’s have been eating their veggies.
I think the wanker meant hairy palms.
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