Three Heavy Metals in Washington Fertilizers

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Color Key:
	Heavy Metals in Fertilizers Registered by Washington State. Compared with Background and Cleanup Levels. These charts color-code 2,185 fertilizers by three important toxic metals.
		Green:	Cleaner than the average background level -- "cleaner than dirt" *
		Red:	More contaminated than the state cleanup level -- "dirtier than a toxics site" **
		Black:	Above background, below cleanup level.

Manufacturer	Products	Arsenic	Cadmium	Lead
Natural Background Level in Soil *		7	1	17
State Toxic Cleanup Level for Soil **		20	2	250
EARTHGRO INC	EARTHGRO LAWN & GARDEN GYPSUM	20.7737	0.1	0.1
EASY GARDENER INC	JOBE'S FERTILIZER SPIKES - AQUATIC PLANTS	6	2.6	5
EASY GARDENER INC	JOBE'S FERTILIZER SPIKES - BULBS & PERENNIALS 9-12-6	5.7	1	5
EASY GARDENER INC	JOBE'S FERTILIZER SPIKES - EVERGREEN TREES & SHRUBS 16-4-4	2.7	1	5
EASY GARDENER INC	JOBE'S FERTILIZER SPIKES - FRUIT & NUT TREES	7.1	2	5
EASY GARDENER INC	JOBE'S FERTILIZER SPIKES - POTTED PLANTS & HANGING BASKETS 8-9-12	0.25	1	5
EASY GARDENER INC	JOBE'S FERTILIZER SPIKES - ROSES 12-16-12	4.1	1	5
EASY GARDENER INC	JOBE'S FERTILIZER SPIKES - TREES & SHRUBS 16-8-8	1.8	1	5
EASY GARDENER INC	JOBE'S FERTILZIER SPIKES - TOMATOES 8-24-8	7.1	2.7	5
EASY GARDENER INC	JOBE'S INSECTICIDE SPIKES W/FERTILIZER FOR POTTED PLANTS & HANGING BASKETS 4-2-2	2.1	1	5
EASY GARDENER INC	JOBE'S LIQUID FERTILIZER FOR AFRICAN VIOLETS 1-3-2	0.25	1	5
EASY GARDENER INC	JOBE'S LIQUID FERTILIZER FOR BEAUTIFUL HOUSEPLANTS 1-2-1	0.25	1	5
EASY GARDENER INC	JOBE'S PLANT FOOD SPIKES FOR BEAUTIFUL FLOWERING PLANTS 10-10-4	3.3	1	5
EASY GARDENER INC	JOBE'S PLANT FOOD SPIKES FOR BEAUTIFUL HOUSEPLANTS 13-4-5	1.4	1	5
EASY GARDENER INC	JOBE'S PLANT FOOD SPIKES FOR LARGE INDOOR PLANTS 14-3-7	0.94	1	5
EASY GARDENER INC	JOBE'S PLANT FOOD SPIKES FOR LUSH FERNS & PALMS 16-2-6	0.81	1	5
EASY GARDENER INC	JOBE'S SPIKES SYSTEMIC INSECTICIDE 12-18-6 FERTILIZER FOR ROSES	4.8	9.6	19
EASY GARDENER INC	JOBE'S SPIKES SYSTEMIC INSECTICIDE W/FERTILIZER FOR BEAUTIFUL TREES 12-6-4	4.4	1	16
EASY GARDENER INC	ROSS GRO-STAKES FERTILIZER FOR BEAUTIFUL EVERGREEN TREES 10-10-10	3.8	1	5
EASY GARDENER INC	ROSS GRO-STAKES FERTILIZER FOR BEAUTIFUL EVERGREENS 10-10-10	3.8	1	5
EASY GARDENER INC	ROSS GRO-STAKES FERTILIZER FOR BEAUTIFUL TREES & SHRUBS 16-10-9	3.4	1.1	5
EASY GARDENER INC	ROSS GRO-STAKES FERTILIZER FOR BEAUTIFUL TREES & SHRUBS 16-10-9 W/0.45% FE	3.4	1.1	5
EASY GARDENER INC	ROSS GRO-STAKES FERTILIZER FOR FRUIT & ORNAMENTAL TREES & SHRUBS 8-16-16	4.3	1.9	5
EASY GARDENER INC	ROSS GRO-STAKES FERTILIZER FOR FRUIT & ORNAMENTAL TREES 8-16-16	4.3	1.9	5
EASY GARDENER INC	ROSS GRO-STAKES TOMATO BOOMERS 8-24-8	5.5	2	5
EASY GARDENER INC	ROSS ROOT FEEDER REFILLS FERTILIZER FOR BEAUTIFUL EVERGREENS10-20-20	0.65	1	5
EASY GARDENER INC	ROSS ROOT FEEDER REFILLS FERTILIZER FOR BEAUTIFUL TREES & SHRUBS 25-10-10	0.25	1	5
EASY GARDENER INC	ROSS ROOT FEEDER REFILLS FERTILIZER FOR ROSES & FLOWERING SHRUBS 15-25-10	0.39	1	5
EASY GARDENER INC	ROSS ROOT FEEDER REFILLS FOR FERTILIZER FOR LUSH FRUIT & NUT TREES 9-46-15	1.1	1	5
EASY GARDENER INC	ROSS ROOT FEEDER REFILLS GREEN AGAIN FOR YELLOW LEAF SICKNESS 5-35-10	0.9	1	5
ECO ENTERPRISES	ECOBLOOM	2.8	0.2	2
ECO ENTERPRISES	ECOGROW	2.8	0.22	2.2
ECO ENTERPRISES	ECOGROW "M"	0.22	0.16	1.6
ECO ENTERPRISES	ECOGROW "S"	2	0.23	2.3
ECO-NUTRIENTS INC	ECO-NEREO KELP 0.2-1-1	0.5	0.1	1.2
ECO-NUTRIENTS INC	FISH FERTILIZER 4-2-2	3.6	0.6	1.2
EDWALL CHEMICAL CORPORATION	AQUA AMMONIA	1	0.2	1
ELEANOR'S OF CALIFORNIA	ELEANOR'S VF-11	0.5	0.1	1.2
ELF ATOCHEM NORTH AMERICA/DECCO	DECCO CALCIUM CHLORIDE CONCENTRATE 405	0.47	0.002	5
EM TECHNOLOGIES INC	KYUSEI EM BOKASHI COMPOST 2-2-1	4.3	0.2	1.7
EMPIRE INC	EMPIRE BRAND CRYSTALLINE TECHNICAL GRADE 39% MOLYBDEMUM	1	10	1
ENVIRO-AG	LIQUIGRO	0.4	0.08	0.52
ENVIRO-SAFE LABORATORIES INC	DYNAMITE PLANT FOOD 13-13-13 PLUS MINORS	1	2.1	0.32
ENVIRO-SAFE LABORATORIES INC	DYNAMITE PLANT FOOD 18-6-8 PLUS MINORS	0.25	1	0.2
ESCO CORPORATION	TURF MAGIC 10-6-4 LAWN FOOD PLUS MOSS KILLER	0.5	13.8	1.2
ESCO CORPORATION	TURF MAGIC 16-16-16 ALL PURPOSE PLANT FOOD	2.5	38	1.2
ESCO CORPORATION	TURF MAGIC 20-2-25 LAWN FOOD	5.5	6.9	1.2
ESCO CORPORATION	TURF MAGIC 20-2-25 WEED N FEED LAWN FOOD	9.2	1.5	1.1
ESCO CORPORATION	TURF MAGIC 21-0-0 AMMONIUM SULFATE	0.5	0.1	1.2
ESCO CORPORATION	TURF MAGIC WINTERIZER 18-6-12	7	16.1	9.5
EVERGRO SALES INC	EVERGRO 19-19-19	18	25.4	7
EVERGRO SALES INC	EVERGRO ALL-PURPOSE 24-4-14	6	12.6	8
EVERGRO SALES INC	EVERGRO CONSTRUCTION BLEND 10-10-12	27	20.4	9
EVERGRO SALES INC	EVERGRO DOUBLE K 14-3-28	7	7.6	10
EVERGRO SALES INC	EVERGRO DOUBLE K PLUS 12-3-24	10	5.9	5
EVERGRO SALES INC	EVERGRO JUMP START 15-16-16	14	27.2	44
EVERGRO SALES INC	EVERGRO NATURE'S PLUS 18-1-10	13	1.3	7
EVERGRO SALES INC	EVERGRO PERFORMANCE 23-3-23	9.3	8.4	4.6
EVERGRO SALES INC	EVERGRO SHOWPIECE 25-5-15	5	13.4	16
EVERGRO SALES INC	EVERGRO TOTAL 21-3-21	5	8	78
EVERGRO SALES INC	QUIK-CAL PRILLED LIMESTONE	5	3.8	33
EVERGRO SALES INC	SPREAD EASY 2000 DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE	5	0.5	5

* Environmental groups asked for the natural background level of the soil to be the standard for fertilizers. But the legislature adopted a standard for each toxic metal based on concentration and application rates that would, if applied at the maximum rate, double the estimated background level of the metal in 45 years. All fertilizers on this list passed the state test. The ones in green would have passed the environmentalist test. Source of statewide soil background levels: Washington Department of Ecology Publication #94-115.

** The Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA) sets cleanup levels for soil with hazardous substances at levels that may pose a threat to the environment or health. The law does not apply to people "who use a hazardous substance lawfully and without negligence for any personal or domestic purpose" thus, it is believed fertilizer usage is exempt. However, MTCA applies the best available science for what is safe in soil. The fertilizer products above, while all legal, are color-coded as a guide to products that have relatively high levels of arsenic, cadmium and lead. Arsenic and lead are coded red if they exceed the MTCA cleanup level. Cadmium is coded red only if it is (a) more than 5 times the MTCA level, and (b) more than 1 part cadmium to every 100 parts zinc. Zinc blocks the movement of cadmium from soil to plants. Source: USDA

Source of fertilizer data: Washington Department of Agriculture, via the internet http://www.wa.gov/agr/pmd/fertilizers#database 3/22/00

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