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With feds not doing so, UCLA, a private foundation step in to test soil in fire zones
Enter the R & S Kayne Foundation, a philanthropic group that has put up $1 million to test soils in the two fire zones, as ...
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UVM Soil Testing Center Gives Vermont Farmers a Local Solution
The University of Vermont's new Soil Health Research and Extension Center (SHREC) is set to revolutionize soil health research in Vermont. Starting this Earth Day, SHREC will begin accepting soil ...
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CAFRE launches deep soil carbon stocks project across its farmed estate
The project has just completed in-field sampling across 1,200 hectares ... across a network of farms in NI in 2021. The CAFRE soil carbon coring project has been funded by the DAERA Carrier ...
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Communities are rebuilding after L.A. fires despite lack of soil testing for toxic substances
The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s controversial decision to forgo soil testing in communities burned in the Eaton and Palisades wildfires sparked pushback Wednesday as California ...
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Soil test finds high level of lead in Eaton burn area
Preliminary soil sample testing in the Eaton Fire burn area revealed a high percentage of lead, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. These results, released Thursday ...
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DEC approves Northrop Grumman's plan to probe soil at Bethpage Community Park ballfield area
The soil sampling is a required step before PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls, can be removed from the property. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency needs to sign off on the PCB cleanup plan.
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LA County Public Health to release results of soil testing in burn areas
Los Angeles County Public Health Thursday, April 10, will be presenting the results of a soil sampling study done in the wake of the Eaton and Palisades wildfires. Los Angeles County Public Health ...