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
MARTIN MARIETTA TECHNOLOGIES	ECO-MIN	2.5	2	8
MARTIN MARIETTA TECHNOLOGIES	ECO-MIN NATURAL	2.5	2	8
MARTIN RESOURCES INC	AG-WEST LAWN FOOD WITH MOSS KILLER	0.5	7.3	1.2
MARTIN RESOURCES INC	BI-MART BULB FOOD 4-14-4	0.5	53.2	1.2
MARTIN RESOURCES INC	BI-MART PREMIUM FALL & WINTER FERTILIZER 12-18-10	11.8	61.2	1.2
MARTIN RESOURCES INC	BI-MART PREMIUM LAWN FERTILIZER 26-3-3	6.2	0.8	1.2
MARTIN RESOURCES INC	BI-MART PREMIUM WEED & FEED 12-5-5	0.5	0.4	1.2
MARTIN RESOURCES INC	BI-MART PREMIUM ALL PURPOSE FERTILIZER	0.9	14	1.2
MARTIN RESOURCES INC	BI-MART PREMIUM LAWN FOOD WITH MOSS KILLER 10-6-4	0.5	7.3	1.2
MARTIN RESOURCES INC	BI-MART RHODODENDRON & EVERGREEN FOOD 4-12-10	0.5	25.7	1.2
MARTIN RESOURCES INC	BI-MART ROSE & FLOWER FOOD 10-14-8	0.82	3	65.8
MARTIN RESOURCES INC	BI-MART TOMATO AND VEGETABLE ALL PURPOSE PLANT FOOD 16-16-16	1.9	23.1	1.2
MARTIN RESOURCES INC	HI-SCHOOL PHARMACY ALL PURPOSE GARDEN FERTILIZER 6-10-10	0.44	12	10
MARTIN RESOURCES INC	HI-SCHOOL PHARMACY ALL PURPOSE PLANT FOOD 8-16-16	0.53	61	3
MARTIN RESOURCES INC	HI-SCHOOL PHARMACY LAWN FERTILIZER 20-3-5	0.06	0.2	10
MARTIN RESOURCES INC	HI-SCHOOL PHARMACY LAWN FOOD WITH MOSS KILLER 12-0-0	0.05	0.2	31
MARTIN RESOURCES INC	HI-SCHOOL PHARMACY RHODODENDRON AZALEA & CAMELLIA FOOD 8-12-6	0.56	30	5
MARTIN RESOURCES INC	HI-SCHOOL PHARMACY ROSE & FLOWER FOOD 8-12-8	0.56	3.4	77.5
MARTIN RESOURCES INC	HI-SCHOOL PHARMACY TOMATO AND VEGETABLE FOOD 4-10-8	0.57	29	26
MARTIN RESOURCES INC	HI-SCHOOL PHARMACY WEED & FEED 16-3-5 PLUS 0.75% IRON	4.5	0.2	2.6
MARTIN RESOURCES INC	MOUNTAIN GREEN ALL-PURPOSE FERTILIZER 16-16-16	5.2	71.8	1.2
MARTIN RESOURCES INC	MOUNTAIN GREEN WEED & FEED 25-3-5	16.6	10.5	19.7
MARTIN RESOURCES INC	PAX AMMONIUM SULPHATE	0.5	0.2	1.2
MARTIN RESOURCES INC	PAX LAWN FOOD WITH MOSS CONTROL 10-6-4	0.5	7.3	1.2
MARTIN RESOURCES INC	PAX PREMIER BLOOMING PLANT FOOD 9-12-6 PLUS MAGNESIUM	2.8	27.7	10.7
MARTIN RESOURCES INC	PAX PREMIER LAWN FOOD 25-3-5	24.2	3.1	51.7
MARTIN RESOURCES INC	PAX PREMIER LAWN FOOD 28-3-10	34.9	7	37.5
MARTIN RESOURCES INC	PAX PREMIER VEGETABLE & TOMATO FOOD 5-10-10	5.9	29.4	5.9
MARTIN RESOURCES INC	PAX PREMIER WEED AND FEED 25-3-5	16.6	10.5	19.7
MARTIN RESOURCES INC	PAX PROFESSIONAL ALL-PURPOSE FOOD 16-16-16	5.2	71.8	1.2
MARTIN RESOURCES INC	PROPAX TURF FOOD 19-9-0	1.57	18.1	77.5
MARTIN RESOURCES INC	TURF MAGIC WEED AND FEED 20-2-5	8.2	10.1	8.4
MARTREX INC	MARTEX ZINC SULPHATE MONOHYDRATE GRANULAR	10	25.7	12.4
MARTREX INC	MARTREX DIAMMONIUM PHOSPAHTE	10	0.5	115
MARTREX INC	MARTREX MONOAMMONIUM PHOSPHATE	10	0.5	5
MARTREX INC	MARTREX ZINC SULFATE MONOHYDRATE POWDER	10	25.7	12.4
MAXICROP USA INC	MAXICROP LIQUIFIED SEAWEED PLUS IRON	10	0.5	5
MAXICROP USA INC	MAXICROP SOLUBLE SEAWEED POWDER	30.8	0.5	5
MCGREGOR COMPANY	AMMONIUM PHOSPHATE 11-37-0 (FIRE-TROL)	10	14	2
MCGREGOR COMPANY	BUSHEL BUILDER 5-15-5	0.2	0.05	3.52
MCGREGOR COMPANY	BUSHEL BUILDER MICRO MIX	0.28	0.44	7.26
MCGREGOR COMPANY	BUSHEL BUILDER PLUS	10	0.2	2
MCGREGOR COMPANY	M-CHLOR 515	10	0.32	2
MICRO-AG	MICRO -AG 7-11-27	5	0.5	5
MICRO-AG	MICRO-AG 10-52-10	5	0.5	5
MICRO-AG	MICRO-AG 20-20-20	5	0.5	5
MICRO-AG	MICRO-AG 20-5-30	5	0.5	5
MICRO-AG	MICRO-AG 28-14-14	5	0.5	5
MICRO-AG	MICRO-AG LIQUIFIED SEAWEED	5.9	0.1	1.2
MICRO-AG	MICRO-AG SEED LIFE	4.3	0.1	1.2
MIGHTY WHITE DOLOMITE LTD	MIGHTY WHITE DOLOMITE LIME	2.5	0.3	2.1
MILLER CHEMICAL & FERTILIZER CORP	MILLER CALCIUM CHELATE 9.5%	0.4	1	23
MILLER CHEMICAL & FERTILIZER CORP	MILLER CROP FINISHER 4-2-41	0.4	1	14
MILLER CHEMICAL & FERTILIZER CORP	MILLER GREENSTIM 2-8-14	0.4	1	28
MILLER CHEMICAL & FERTILIZER CORP	MILLER MICROPLEX	0.4	1	21
MILLER CHEMICAL & FERTILIZER CORP	MILLER NUTRI LEAF 20-20-20	0.4	1	62
MILLER CHEMICAL & FERTILIZER CORP	MILLER NUTRIENT EXPRESS 11-41-8	0.4	1	13
MILLER CHEMICAL & FERTILIZER CORP	MILLER NUTRIENT EXPRESS 18-18-18	0.4	1	68
MILLER CHEMICAL & FERTILIZER CORP	MILLER NUTRIENT EXPRESS 4-41-27	0.4	1	30
MILLER CHEMICAL & FERTILIZER CORP	MILLER SOL-U-GRO 12-48-8	0.4	1	5
MILWAUKEE METRO SEWERAGE DISTRICT	MILORGANITE 6-2-0 FERTILIZER	7.2	3.1	120
MILWAUKEE METRO SEWERAGE DISTRICT	MILORGANITE 6-2-0 W/4% IRON	7.2	3.1	120
MILWAUKEE METRO SEWERAGE DISTRICT	MILORGANITE GREENS GRADE	7.2	3.1	120
MIRACLE-GRO LAWN PRODUCTS, INC.	MIRACLE-GRO ALL-PURPOSE LAWN FERTILIZER 31-3-9	6.0777	0.1	14.557
MIRACLE-GRO LAWN PRODUCTS, INC.	MIRACLE-GRO GARDEN WEED PREVENT & PLANT FOOD 9-17-9	1.3	6.4	5
MIRACLE-GRO LAWN PRODUCTS, INC.	MIRACLE-GRO WEED AND FEED 27-3-6	51.4555	0.1	0.1
MONTANA SULPHUR & CHEMICAL COMPANY	YELLOWSTONE SULFUR DISINTEGRATING SULFUR GRANULES	0.5	0.5	1.21
MONTEREY CHEMICAL COMPANY	BOROSOL 10 POLYBORATE SOLUTION	1.85	0.02	98
MONTEREY CHEMICAL COMPANY	FOLI-CAL 10% CALCIUM CONCENTRATE	0.02	0.02	930
MONTEREY CHEMICAL COMPANY	LIQUID CALCIUM 6%	0.02	0.02	0.55
MONTEREY CHEMICAL COMPANY	LIQUID NORTHWEST ORCHARD MIX	0.15	0.11	5.05
MONTEREY CHEMICAL COMPANY	LIQUID ZINC 10%	0.02	0.02	7.5
MONTEREY CHEMICAL COMPANY	LIQUID ZINC 7%	0.02	0.02	5.4
MONTEREY CHEMICAL COMPANY	MONTEREY CAL-PHOS 0-23-0	0.02	0.04	0.19
MONTEREY CHEMICAL COMPANY	MONTEREY MAG-PHOS 0-10-0	0.3	0.02	0.11
MONTEREY CHEMICAL COMPANY	MONTEREY MANGANESE SULFATE 31%	0.02	1.23	35.6
MONTEREY CHEMICAL COMPANY	MONTEREY MAXI 10-52-8	2.53	0.02	0.98
MONTEREY CHEMICAL COMPANY	MONTEREY MAXI 20-20-20	2.11	0.02	0.67
MONTEREY CHEMICAL COMPANY	MONTEREY MICRONIZED NEUTRAL ZINC	21.58	109.65	81.12
MONTEREY CHEMICAL COMPANY	MONTEREY MNSO4 31% PWD	3	1.75	23.2
MONTEREY CHEMICAL COMPANY	MONTEREY P-32 0-32-0	26.97	85.65	46.55
MONTEREY CHEMICAL COMPANY	MONTEREY PREMIUM ZINC 10% 5-0-0	0.41	0.61	0.17
MONTEREY CHEMICAL COMPANY	MONTEREY ZINC ALL 7.5%	0.49	7.92	9.02
MONTEREY CHEMICAL COMPANY	SEQUESTAR 12% MANGANESE CHELATE	0.02	0.02	9.89
MONTEREY CHEMICAL COMPANY	SEQUESTAR 13.2%	0.02	10.2	6.82
MONTEREY CHEMICAL COMPANY	SEQUESTAR 14% COPPER CHELATE	9.98	0.02	21.4
MONTEREY CHEMICAL COMPANY	SEQUESTAR 14% ZINC CHELATE	0.24	1.42	3.03
MONTEREY CHEMICAL COMPANY	SEQUESTAR 2.5% MAGNESIUM CHELATE SOLUTION	0.025	0.075	0.325
MONTEREY CHEMICAL COMPANY	SEQUESTAR 4.5% IRON CHELATE SOLUTION	0.02	1.3	1.7
MONTEREY CHEMICAL COMPANY	SEQUESTAR 5% MANGANESE CHELATE SOLUTION	0.02	0.02	5.46
MONTEREY CHEMICAL COMPANY	SEQUESTAR 5.5% MAGNESIUM CHELATE	0.25	0.02	0.24
MONTEREY CHEMICAL COMPANY	SEQUESTAR 6% IRON CHELATE WDG	0.02	4.23	2.98
MONTEREY CHEMICAL COMPANY	SEQUESTAR 7% IRON CHELATE	0.02	4.81	3.37
MONTEREY CHEMICAL COMPANY	SEQUESTAR 7.5% COPPER CHELATE SOLUTION	4.56	0.02	18.81
MONTEREY CHEMICAL COMPANY	SEQUESTAR 9% CALCIUM CHELATE 6-0-0	0.25	0.02	0.995
MONTEREY CHEMICAL COMPANY	SEQUESTAR 9% ZINC CHELATE SOLUTION	0.1	0.17	1.23
MONTEREY CHEMICAL COMPANY	SEQUESTAR MULTI-NUTRIENT CHELATE 3-0-0	0.248	3.73	10.7
MULTI-MARKETING CORPORATION	POWER PLANT FISH EMULSION CONCENTRATE 4-1-1	0.48	0.18	1.9
MULTI-MARKETING CORPORATION	POWER PLANT FISH EMULSION SUPER CONCENTRATE 5-1-1	0.48	0.19	1.9

* 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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