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
GARDEN GROW COMPANY	WHITNEY FARMS 100% NATURAL ORGANIC ALFALFA MEAL	0.1	0.54	6.5
GARDEN GROW COMPANY	WHITNEY FARMS 100% NATURAL ORGANIC ALL-PURPOSE FERTILIZER	6.1	0.4	1.2
GARDEN GROW COMPANY	WHITNEY FARMS 100% NATURAL ORGANIC BAT GUANO	6	0.8	2.1
GARDEN GROW COMPANY	WHITNEY FARMS 100% NATURAL ORGANIC BEDDING PLANT FOOD	7.8	0.4	1.2
GARDEN GROW COMPANY	WHITNEY FARMS 100% NATURAL ORGANIC BLOOD MEAL	7.7	0.2	1.2
GARDEN GROW COMPANY	WHITNEY FARMS 100% NATURAL ORGANIC BONE MEAL	7.1	0.2	1.2
GARDEN GROW COMPANY	WHITNEY FARMS 100% NATURAL ORGANIC BULB FOOD	4.8	0.3	1.2
GARDEN GROW COMPANY	WHITNEY FARMS 100% NATURAL ORGANIC CITRUS, AVOCADO & VINE FOOD	8.8	0.5	1.2
GARDEN GROW COMPANY	WHITNEY FARMS 100% NATURAL ORGANIC CITRUS, BERRY & VINE FOOD 7-4-2	8.8	0.5	1.2
GARDEN GROW COMPANY	WHITNEY FARMS 100% NATURAL ORGANIC COMPOST MAKER PLUS 4-4-2	6.3	0.5	1.2
GARDEN GROW COMPANY	WHITNEY FARMS 100% NATURAL ORGANIC COTTONSEED MEAL	5.3	0.2	1.2
GARDEN GROW COMPANY	WHITNEY FARMS 100% NATURAL ORGANIC ELLIE'S VEGETARIAN PLANT FOOD 5-1-5	6.6	0.4	1.2
GARDEN GROW COMPANY	WHITNEY FARMS 100% NATURAL ORGANIC FLOWER & FRUIT BOOSTER	12	5	4.9
GARDEN GROW COMPANY	WHITNEY FARMS 100% NATURAL ORGANIC KELP MEAL	25.1	0.5	1.2
GARDEN GROW COMPANY	WHITNEY FARMS 100% NATURAL ORGANIC LAWN FOOD	7.6	0.5	2.7
GARDEN GROW COMPANY	WHITNEY FARMS 100% NATURAL ORGANIC LAWN REVIVAL	2.7	0.7	2.4
GARDEN GROW COMPANY	WHITNEY FARMS 100% NATURAL ORGANIC ROSE & FLOWER FOOD	7.1	0.4	1.2
GARDEN GROW COMPANY	WHITNEY FARMS 100% NATURAL ORGANIC VEGETABLE FOOD	5.5	1.4	1.2
GARDEN GROW COMPANY	WHITNEY FARMS ALUMINUM SULFATE	0.5	1.3	177
GARDEN GROW COMPANY	WHITNEY FARMS ELLIE'S ULTIMATE PLANT FOOD WITH FISH AND KELP	6.1	0.1	1.2
GARDEN GROW COMPANY	WHITNEY FARMS EPSOM SALTS (MAGNESIUM SULFATE)	0.8	0.2	1.2
GARDEN GROW COMPANY	WHITNEY FARMS GRANULATED SULPHUR	0.8	0.2	2.8
GARDEN GROW COMPANY	WHITNEY FARMS IRON SULFATE	1.3	23.5	1.2
GARDEN GROW COMPANY	WHITNEY FARMS JERSEY GREENSAND	15.2	6.5	1.2
GARDEN GROW COMPANY	WHITNEY FARMS LAWN FOOD WITH IRON 6-3-2	8.1	1.4	1.2
GARDEN GROW COMPANY	WHITNEY FARMS NATURAL ORGANIC AZALEA, CAMELLIA & RHODODENDRON FOOD	8.3	0.5	1.2
GARDEN GROW COMPANY	WHITNEY FARMS PRILLED GYPSUM	0.05	0.6	15.4
GARDEN GROW COMPANY	WHITNEY FARMS SMART START 100% ORGANIC TRANSPLANTING FERTILIZER	11.6	0.5	1.2
GARDEN GROW COMPANY	WHITNEY FARMS SUL-PO-MAG 0-0-22	3.4	0.2	1.2
GARDEN GROW COMPANY	WHITNEY FARMS SUPER PHOSPHATE 0-45-0	17.9	74.2	4.6
GENESIS AGRI PRODUCTS, INC.	CROP FINISH 0-0-52	0.6	4	96
GENESIS AGRI PRODUCTS, INC.	CROP FINISH PLUS 1-2-48	0.62	2.9	67
GENESIS AGRI PRODUCTS, INC.	FOLIAR-PHOS P & K	0.6	0.04	0.4
GENESIS AGRI PRODUCTS, INC.	LIGNO ZINC 9%	1	2.8	4.2
GENESIS AGRI PRODUCTS, INC.	LIQUI-CAL	0.1	0.002	0.02
GENESIS AGRI PRODUCTS, INC.	MKP	7.4	3	21
GENESIS AGRI PRODUCTS, INC.	MOR CALCIUM	0.11	2.2	22
GENESIS AGRI PRODUCTS, INC.	NATURAL-CAL	0.01	0.002	0.02
GENESIS AGRI PRODUCTS, INC.	NUTRICHEM 10-20-30	35	3.8	40
GENESIS AGRI PRODUCTS, INC.	NUTRICHEM 10-52-10	15	2.5	25
GENESIS AGRI PRODUCTS, INC.	NUTRICHEM 20-20-20	39	3.8	38
GENESIS AGRI PRODUCTS, INC.	NUTRICHEM CALCIUM	0.6	0.18	0.2
GENESIS AGRI PRODUCTS, INC.	NUTRICHEM K	0.6	0.04	0.4
GENESIS AGRI PRODUCTS, INC.	SUPER PHOS 24	0.69	7.7	58
GLOBAL RECYCLING & RESEARCH INC	KELLY GREEN ORGANIC FERTILIZER	2.6	4.2	0.07
GREEN LIGHT COMPANY	GREEN LIGHT ROOT STIMULATOR & STARTER SOLUTION 5-20-10	10	9.8	5
GREEN LIGHT COMPANY	GREEN LIGHT SUPER BLOOM 12-55-6	10	0.5	5
GREENACRES GYPSUM & LIME	GREENACRES AGRICULTURAL GYPSUM	4	0.5	2
GREENACRES GYPSUM & LIME	GREENACRES DOLOMITE	10	0.2	2
GREENACRES PLANT FOOD CENTER	GREENACRES PLANT FOOD CENTER 12-15-14 FERTILIZER	10	98.8	2
GREENACRES PLANT FOOD CENTER	GREENACRES PLANT FOOD CENTER 16-16-16 FERTILIZER	10	62.4	2
GREENACRES PLANT FOOD CENTER	GREENACRES PLANT FOOD CENTER 18-10-10 LAWN & GARDEN FERTILIZER	10	72.8	2
GREENACRES PLANT FOOD CENTER	GREENACRES PLANT FOOD CENTER 20-11-11	10	78.4	2
GREENACRES PLANT FOOD CENTER	GREENACRES PLANT FOOD CENTER 23-7-14	10	22.2	2
GREENACRES PLANT FOOD CENTER	GREENACRES PLANT FOOD CENTER 27-12-0	10	41	2
GREENACRES PLANT FOOD CENTER	GREENACRES PLANT FOOD CENTER 30-0-0	10	0.64	2
GREENACRES PLANT FOOD CENTER	GREENACRES PLANT FOOD CENTER NITRO CAL FERTILIZER	10	0.2	2
GRIFFIN INDUSTRIES, INC	NATURE SAFE PROFESSIONAL TURF 10-2-8	1	1	2.16
GRIFFIN INDUSTRIES, INC	NATURE SAFE PROFESSIONAL TURF 12-2-6	1	1	0.73
GRIFFIN INDUSTRIES, INC	NATURE SAFE PROFESSIONAL TURF 7-1-14	1	1	0.77
GRIFFIN INDUSTRIES, INC	NATURE SAFE PROFESSIONAL TURF 8-3-5	1	1	0.18
GRIFFIN INDUSTRIES, INC	NATURE SAFE STARTER FERTILIZER 5-6-6	1	1	2.13
GRO TEC INC	GARDEN BASICS ALL PURPOSE PLANT FOOD 6-10-10	19.4	2	32.8
GRO TEC INC	GARDEN BASICS AZALEA, CAMELIA & RHODODENDRON PLANT FOOD 10-6-8	23.7	0.1	23.4
GRO TEC INC	GARDEN BASICS BLOOD MEAL	10.5	0.1	18.2
GRO TEC INC	GARDEN BASICS BONE MEAL	0.25	1	5
GRO TEC INC	GARDEN BASICS BULB FOOD 9-9-6	21.7	0.1	20
GRO TEC INC	GARDEN BASICS EVERGREEN & RHODODENDRON PLANT FOOD 12-6-6	11	0.1	13.6
GRO TEC INC	GARDEN BASICS EVERGREEN FERTILIZER SPIKES 10-10-10	4.5	2	6
GRO TEC INC	GARDEN BASICS FRUIT TREE SPIKES 8-16-16	5.7	2	5
GRO TEC INC	GARDEN BASICS PLANT FOOD SPIKES 13-4-5	1.4	1	5
GRO TEC INC	GARDEN BASICS ROSE FOOD 8-12-4	28.2	0.1	70
GRO TEC INC	GARDEN BASICS TOMATO & VEGETABLE 9-12-12	28.5	0.1	102
GRO TEC INC	GARDEN BASICS TREE & SHRUB FERTILIZER 16-10-9	2.5		5
GRO TEC INC	STRIKE EVERGREEN FERTILIZER SPIKES 10-10-10	4.5	2	6
GRO TEC INC	STRIKE FRUIT TREE FERTILIZER SPIKES 8-16-16	0.25	1	5
GRO TEC INC	STRIKE HOUSEPLANT FERTILIZER SPIKES 13-4-5	1.4	1	5
GRO TEC INC	STRIKE TREE & SHRUB FERTILIZER SPIKES 16-10-9	2.5	2	5
GRO-TEK	NUTRA-SUP	0.5	0.2	1.2
GROW MORE INC	GROW MORE 15-16-17 SOILLESS	0.81	1	5
GROW MORE INC	GROW MORE 19-6-4	0.25	1	5
GROW MORE INC	GROW MORE 20-10-20 SOILLESS	0.5	1	5
GROW MORE INC	GROW MORE 20-20-20	0.5	1	5
GROW MORE INC	GROW MORE 6-30-30	0.5	1	5
GROW MORE INC	GROW MORE 7-40-17 (CONIFER)	0.72	1	5
GROW MORE INC	GROW MORE ALL-PURPOSE 15-30-15	0.5	1	7
GROW MORE INC	GROW MORE HERB FOOD 5-1-5	0.44	3.6	5
GROW MORE INC	GROW MORE MAGNUM GROW ROSEFOOD 8-10-8	0.25	1	5
GROW MORE INC	GROW MORE ORCHID - GROWTH FORMULA 30-10-10	0.39	1	7
GROW MORE INC	GROW MORE SUPER BLOOMER 11-54-4	0.25	1	5
GROW MORE INC	GROW MORE TROPICAL PLANT FOOD 20-6-16	0.5	1	5
GUBLER ORCHIDS	GUBLER ORCHIDS PRO BLEND ORCHID FOOD 23-8-16	0.9	0.1	1.2

* 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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