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People that grow organics all grow at different levels. Some say they are purest. Some do veganics. Some people like myself know that it is impossible to get away from all chemicals/heavy metals. For example azomite has aluminum in it.
That being said. None of us can get away from the fact that plants take up bpa. Just about everything you buy comes in a plastic bottle or bag.
Maybe you use plastic containers? Maybe you get fish in a plastic bottle? Maybe you brew a tea in a 5 gallon bucket? I can go on and on with the plastic things that we as growers come in contact with on a daily basis.
So I was just reading about a college student that tested bpa uptake in plants. He concluded that they do uptake bpa, and that the plants actually grew larger.
Now this was not a positive thing. Because it proved that BPA is going into the plants.
So all of us organic guys on here no matter what end of the spectrum we are on, are probably putting BPA, and other chemicals from plastics into our end product.
What can we do to minimize this to make our products safer? I would think brewing teas in a 50 gallon glass container would be out of the question.
My first thought is that it will be nearly impossible to get rid of the bpa in the growing cycle. That being said what about immobilizing it with compost tea or humic acid?
I have just recently talked with some one that did a study in their state trying to "rid" the soil of lead with humic acid. Well they were just immobilizing the lead, but it did work. They did bring the detectable level of lead down.
The lead was still in the soil but the humic acid locked the lead up so that it was not available.
It seems as though that with the use of humic acid, and compost tea's that you could do the same thing with BPA.
I would love to get everyone's thoughts on this. Maybe some of you have already done testing with respect to this area.
Can we safely lockup Bpa, and other chemicals in plastic so that they are not taken up by the plant?
That being said. None of us can get away from the fact that plants take up bpa. Just about everything you buy comes in a plastic bottle or bag.
Maybe you use plastic containers? Maybe you get fish in a plastic bottle? Maybe you brew a tea in a 5 gallon bucket? I can go on and on with the plastic things that we as growers come in contact with on a daily basis.
So I was just reading about a college student that tested bpa uptake in plants. He concluded that they do uptake bpa, and that the plants actually grew larger.
Now this was not a positive thing. Because it proved that BPA is going into the plants.
So all of us organic guys on here no matter what end of the spectrum we are on, are probably putting BPA, and other chemicals from plastics into our end product.
What can we do to minimize this to make our products safer? I would think brewing teas in a 50 gallon glass container would be out of the question.
My first thought is that it will be nearly impossible to get rid of the bpa in the growing cycle. That being said what about immobilizing it with compost tea or humic acid?
I have just recently talked with some one that did a study in their state trying to "rid" the soil of lead with humic acid. Well they were just immobilizing the lead, but it did work. They did bring the detectable level of lead down.
The lead was still in the soil but the humic acid locked the lead up so that it was not available.
It seems as though that with the use of humic acid, and compost tea's that you could do the same thing with BPA.
I would love to get everyone's thoughts on this. Maybe some of you have already done testing with respect to this area.
Can we safely lockup Bpa, and other chemicals in plastic so that they are not taken up by the plant?
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