Garden-grown veg and soil contamination?

Question

I would like to grow my own fruit and vegetables. However, I live in a city suburb and have a railway embankment at the bottom of my 40ft garden and live about 300-400 yards from a very busy road and roundabout. Planes go over fairly close, but not directly overhead. On the other side of the railway and some half mile further along, cadmium was found in the soil of the allotments (small cultivation plots rented from the council, for those outside UK) - the soil was dug out and replaced over 20 years ago.

I'd like to get the soil in my garden tested for contamination. Similarly, I’d like to have the peel from an apple tested to see what is falling out of the sky and not washing off. Does anyone know how I can go about this?

What would be OK to find in a lab report, and conversely, what findings should put me off eating veg and fruit from my garden?

How do different contaminants get into plant structures - or don't they?

Answer 1

You worry too much jinglebee,everything you eat contains elements you certainly dont need these days.Virtually everything we eat has been genetically altered and had various additives put in.