Are you putting lead on your garden?

Ken (EnvironmentalChemistry.com) (noreply@blogger.com)
Are you putting lead on your garden? In the past couple of years there have been a lot of product scares about lead in various products imported from China. But one product that normally contains lead that no one ever thinks about is garden hoses. Yes, for the most part the majority of garden hoses contain lead. The reason is that lead is used during the manufacturing process as a stabilizer for the PVC used to make the hose. This means, that over time, the lead will leech out of the hose and...