Chemicals Found in 30,000 Soil Samples Collected by Schoolchildren - The Copenhagen Post
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Soil tests reveal chemical cocktail in green areas across the country Whether you pick edible plants in the park or grow vegetables in the city garden, it is certainly in soil that contains...
Schoolchildren have collected soil samples from all over the country. New results show that chemicals were found in all the samples.
30,000 schoolchildren have collected soil samples throughout the country. The result is the most comprehensive mapping of Danish soil in and around cities to date. It turns out that our country is permeated with industrial chemicals.
In this connection, the students have taken soil samples from urban areas and sent them to researchers from Aarhus University, Aalborg University and the Technical University of Denmark. PFAS in many samples According to Lene Christensen, who is the program manager for Masseeksperiment, the work is systematized to ensure that no mistakes are made. - The students are not laboratory technicians or trained researchers, but experience shows that the…
Chemicals found in 30,000 soil samples collected by schoolchildren - The Copenhagen Post
Researchers from Danish universities have analyzed soil samples collected by 30,000 schoolchildren across 97 of Denmark’s 98 municipalities. The initial results from the “Masseeksperiment” project reveal that man-made chemicals were found in 100 percent of the samples taken from urban areas. While industrial chemicals were present in every sample, PFAS was detected in approximately 80 […]
The soil is toxic. The soil was dug diligently when more than 30,000 Danish schoolchildren were supposed to collect samples last year to check the health of the soil in the annual Mass Experiment. And now the results are ready. The research project, which the science center Astra is behind, shows that the soil is contaminated with chemicals from industry and agriculture. And this applies to the entire country. Among other things, with PFAS subst…
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