Program Research

Summary of Soil Amendment Testing at Trail, British Columbia (2000)

This report recaps the first three phases of this work, which were conducted in the laboratory, and presents the results of the final soil amendment trials, which were conducted in the field. Find out whether in situ soil treatment was discovered to be a feasible approach to reducing the risk posed lead in Trail soils

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2019 Garden Produce Sampling Program:

2019 Garden Produce Sampling Program: Analysis of Pb in Homegrown Produce in Trail, BC (2021)

Andrea McCormick from the Trail Area Health & Environment Program’s Home & Garden team provides an overview of research on Pb (lead) and produce including an update on Pb levels of produce grown in Trail. The 2019 study on produce in Trail is available on thep.ca. This presentation is from 2021.

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Phase 2 Investigation: In Situ Reduction of Lead Bioaccessibility in Soils, Trail, BC (Final)

Phase 2 Investigation: In Situ Reduction of Lead Bioaccessibility in Soils (2000)

This report covers the second phase studying whether the lead in Trail soils could be rendered less available to children by adding something to reduce its solubility in the human gastrointestinal tract. Learn how the second set of bench-scale trials using phosphate, iron and pulp mill organic residual were conducted, and what the results suggested.

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Phase 3 Investigation: In Situ Reduction of Lead Bioaccessibility in Soils, Trail, BC 

Phase 3 Investigation: In Situ Reduction of Lead Bioaccessibility in Soils (1999 – Draft)

This report covers the third phase of work to study whether the lead in Trail soils could be rendered less available to children by adding something to reduce its solubility in the human gastrointestinal tract. Learn how the third set of trials using phosphate, iron and other potential amendments were conducted, and what results suggested.

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Phase 1 Investigation: In Situ Reduction of Lead Bioaccessibility in Soils (1997)

This report covers the first phase of work to study whether the lead in Trail soils could be rendered less available to children by adding something to reduce its solubility in the human gastrointestinal tract. Learn how the first bench-scale trials using phosphate were conducted, and what the results suggested.

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