Articles tagged: "soil testing"

1: Soil Testing Lab Helps Determine Cost of Soil Cleanup

A soil test allows a land owner to balance the potential impact of harm from soil contamination against the cost of undertaking a cleanup operation with the advice of a soil testing lab. Soil testing is used as part of contaminated land rehabilitation projects to determine the presence and leve

2: Soil Testing for the Health of Your Land

Soil testing can yield important information for growers and grazers about the general health, fertility, structure, and physical properties of any given land and its suitability for different crops. By combining diligent record keeping with professional soil testing, it is possible for modern

3: Melamine Toxicity Testing - Practical or Political, Its Here to Stay

Melamine (1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-triamine) is a very useful organic trimer of cyanide, with the formula C3H6N6. It is used in the resins of many glues, plastics, as a plastic pigment and in some inks. It is relatively non-toxic (with a similar lethal dose as table salt), and was for a time consid

4: The 2007 Pet Food Crisis: Was it Preventable?

If you're a pet owner, you probably heard about it. In February and March of this year, news organizations reported a sudden and alarming epidemic of kidney failure among cats and dogs. Though the numbers weren't and aren't officially known, some sources reported thousands of cat deaths acros