The past 150 years of industrial processes have left a legacy of toxicity in the soils of today's urban environments. Exposure to soil based pollutants disproportionately affects lowincome communities who are frequently located within formerly industrialized zones. Both gardeners, who come into direct contact with soil, as well as those who eat the products grown in the soil, are at risk to exposure from industrial contaminants. Options for low-income communities for remediating contaminated

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... ls are limited, with most remediation work being carried out by costly engineering firms. Even more problematic is the overall lack of http://dx.