Gardening Tools May Contain Toxic Chemicals
Gardening may be the last activity that one would describe as “dangerous,” but garden tools that contain dangerous chemicals may be making it just that. Researchers for the Ecology Center tested about 200 common garden tools - such as gloves, garden hoses, shovels and kneeling pads. They found that two-thirds of the tools contained high levels of dangerous toxic chemicals such as phthalates, lead, and bisphenol A (BPA