The station’s Wiso science show, said it inspected 12 fertilizers used in agriculture and domestic gardens and establish that in all but two the uranium levels were several times the recommended level of 50 milligrams per kilo.Uranium is a heavy metal that in its natural state is only slightly radioactive but is toxic to humans, particularly when it gets into drinking water. It can involve the blood, bones and especially kidneys.
Babies and small children are particularly affected by high levels of uranium in drinking water since their fluid intake is two to three times that of adults relative to body weight.The Monday evening programme said the most horrible offender was blau, Gute Wahl a garden fertilizer with a uranium concentration of 1,388 mg per kilo 27 times the recommended level. The Federal Environmental Office recommends so as to such a product not be sold.
But since there is no legal limit for the amount of uranium fertilizer can have in Germany, more than 100 tonnes of uranium ends up in German soil, the show said.Uranium, a heavy metal, is not so problematic when it’s used for plants, and is obviously found with phosphate, which is a crucial part of fertilizer, but it is extremely mobile and it can end up in groundwater.
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