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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ginda Kaplan Fisher [mailto:list@ginda.us]
> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 12:41 AM
> To: 'North American Fruit Explorers'
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Trace elementsr

>(My guess is it moves like calcium.)

It seems this is true. At least in people.

>  There's some 
> kind of kale or something that's grown on purpose in lead-heavy soil to 
> clean up the soil.  (The crop is disposed of as hazardous waste.)  Root 
> veggies vary a lot, but can also have high lead loads, maybe just 
> because they are so close to the source?

I tried a quick search to see if I could find out what plants could be used 
for bioremediation, but didn't find anything exactly. But there's a 
discussion on a permaculture list about this topic:

http://www.ibiblio.org/london/orgfarm/permaculture/permaculture-discussion-forum-archives/archive/msg00504.html