Garden soil on the Big Island has elevated levels or arsenic

In Hawaii elevated levels of arsenic have been found in Garden soil near sugar fields on the Big Island. The arsenic is thought too have come from the use of herbicides in the sugar fields back in the 1920’s until the 1940’s. A recent study has concluded that vegetables grown in the arsenic laden garden soil are safe to eat.

How sad is it too think that even in a tropical paradise such as Hawaii pollution is harming the environment and putting peoples health at possible risk.