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2007/6/18

Contaminated.

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@ 04:03 AM (12 months, 23 days ago)

   During the second world war and the years after the war people grew there own vegetables and fruit in the citys thinking that it was the safest thing to do. They were proud of there efforts to feed the family from there own back yards the trouble is that despite there efforts to grow the best looking potatoes,cabbages and the rest the soil was contaminated.  It was years later that laboratory tests showed that the soil was high in toxins. 

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2007/5/10

poison crops.

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@ 05:59 AM (14 months, 2 days ago)

   What is sprayed on our fields and parks. All kinds of chemicals are used, some thing to kill insects, some thing to grow things faster, and lord knows what else.  What control is on how often this stuff is used, the answer none.  Farmers want a fast crop to sell on as fast as possible.

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