Market Farming

[Bill Bradshaw <billbradshaw AT direcway.com>]

Allen, don't be rubbing on those tires too much. Wear your mask and don't
forget the rubber gloves. LOL I myself have not used tires for raised beds,
but does sound interesting. We have used them around trees for protection of
the tree. And as a kid have made many miles rolled down the hill inside a
used tire. TexasBill

> Hi,
>
> I have studies too, but no time to bring them here.  (I'm
> sorry.)
>
> And I really have no time for further discussion of it (this
> is a particularly hectic time for me).  But I do wish to
> make one point, and then I'll drop out of the discussion.
>
>
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> QUOTE from a study:
>
> >  Cadmium is a contaminant of many manufactured products containing
> >zinc. Any zinc plating or galvanizing operations and galvanized metal
> >containers sometimes used in horticulture and gardening operations
> >are potential sources of cadmium. Zinc is also used in the
> >vulcanization process in tire manufacturing. As tires wear, they give
> >off minute, dust-like rubber particles containing cadmium that easily
> >disperse and accumulate in soils and on plants.
>
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