tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670285911995096389.post9029739506511500774..comments2024-03-26T00:00:44.845-04:00Comments on Tobacco Truth: Department of Defense Anti-Smokeless Campaign Is “50” Shades DarkerBrad Roduhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02780515717969719311noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670285911995096389.post-52749203419496575222017-03-17T05:36:06.616-04:002017-03-17T05:36:06.616-04:00I can tell you with where the cadmium comes from, ...I can tell you with where the cadmium comes from, it was described as a trace element on the side of my bottle of commercial tomato fertilizer.<br /><br />The cadmium comes from phosphate fertilizer made from calcined apatite rock and is used on crops everywhere.<br /><br /><br />"Polonium-210 is also emitted to the atmosphere during the calcining of phosphate rock as part of the production of elemental phosphorous. Although direct root uptake by plants is generally small, polonium-210 can be deposited on broad-leaved vegetables."<br />http://web.archive.org/web/20120407031001/http://www.ead.anl.gov/pub/doc/polonium.pdf<br /><br />Historically, Arsenate of Lead was recommended as a pesticide by the USDA<br /><br />U.S. Department of Agriculture<br />Farmer's Bulletin No.1356<br />Issued June, 1923<br /><br />"Describes methods for the use of arsenate of lead to control the tobacco hornworm and prevent damage to crops." <br />https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3467/<br /><br /><br />RoseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com