Center for Strategic and International Studies Now, the world has taken note on how successful this is economically for Bangladesh and, at Ohio State University in Columbus are seeing if it can be implemented in other countries. You can be exposed to contaminants through breathing, touching, eating, or drinking. Work organic matter, such as compost, into garden soil before replanting to help dilute contaminants and make them less available to plants. 6jXHLy3ve )fG X`PN|%^}sf( U ^4+oq;vX)3 1yd>Vn)2`[Z}}:,_E*^6X Some of the major concerns for crop safety are heavy metals, chemical, bacterial, and mold contamination. All rights reserved. Some of these structures are more than 50 meters long. Figure 1. If you are concerned about chemical contaminants and want to replant your garden, you may want to have your soil tested. Three main options are considered here. The site is secure. Global evidence from 100 countries shows that poor urban households are less likely to be covered by social safety net programs; in middle-income countries, the urban-rural gap was found to be as high as 24 percentage points. //