Researchers maintain found toxic hotspots of carcinogenic heavy metals in the air above two local glass companies,and the neighbors are demanding answersInstead of eating the kale she grew in her backyard garden in Portland, Oregon, and this spring,Jessica Applegate will submit the leafy green plants for toxic metal testing. Recent revelations that heavy metals – specifically arsenic, cadmium and chromium – are hovering above the city in toxic hotspots maintain stunned the eco-conscious city. Along with the news came an unlikely culprit: artisan glass manufacturers.
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Source: theguardian.com