toxic big island school grounds

[Jimbo2017]

I have been saying for years that those 'gorilla' gardens downtown should never have been planted, let alone eaten from... The Canex factory was a heavy polluter, then the tsunami moved it all around bayfront. Many types of plants have different bioaccumulation potential in different tissues and soils. If you don't do a soil test when starting farming/gardening, you are not doing your due diligence (take it to the extension office, costs like $30 bucks for a full soil profile, I think, including dangerous stuff in there). Likewise, volcanic soils can have a lot of heavy and toxic elements locked in, and are released as they weather (which is usually just fine).

Here's some real science about the arsenic in local soils... http://lumahai.soest.hawaii.edu/GG/resou..._FINAL.pdf

Mauka Hilo-side