Good Idea! Chinese Gov Proposes Limits On Toxic Metals In Cropland

[DetlefK]

1. Just for comparison: I heard of a case in Germany where a company mixed toxic plastic in fertilizer.

It was found out too late. Now they are building a barrier in that community to keep the groundwater from the field from mixing with the municipal groundwater.
Another solution would be to simply remove the soil up to a depth of several feet from an area of several dozen square-kilometers in size. Oh, and put those thousand tons of toxic soil in a special dump.




Now upscale that to a case where tens of thousands of square-kilometers are no longer considered safe for agricultural use.

And:
"For instance, China has 20 main types of soil that contain very different levels of cadmium, making it difficult to judge the pollution level of the metal under one standard, Zhao said. He suggested a ladder design for standards to be applied in different regions."

To me, toxic is toxic. I don't care if it's industrial toxic or natural toxic.