he results of this study suggest that food gardeners
surrounding mining operations test their soils prior to gardening to
determine existing soil arsenic concentrations. Arsenic may be ele-
vated due to naturally occurring sources and from the mining oper-
ation. Also, it is important for home food gardeners to understand
how gardening amendments and practices may be contributing
arsenic to the soils, or diluting the arsenic concentration in the gar-
den soil mixture.