Three Heavy Metals in Washington Fertilizers

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Color Key:
	Heavy Metals in Fertilizers Registered by Washington State. Compared with Background and Cleanup Levels. These charts color-code 2,185 fertilizers by three important toxic metals.
		Green:	Cleaner than the average background level -- "cleaner than dirt" *
		Red:	More contaminated than the state cleanup level -- "dirtier than a toxics site" **
		Black:	Above background, below cleanup level.

Manufacturer	Products	Arsenic	Cadmium	Lead
Natural Background Level in Soil *		7	1	17
State Toxic Cleanup Level for Soil **		20	2	250
CALIFORNIA LIQUID FERTILIZER LLC	BIOLIZER RZ	2.7	2	1.2
CALIFORNIA LIQUID FERTILIZER LLC	BIOLIZER XN	1.5	0.2	1.2
CALTEC AGRI MARKETING SERVICE	GREENFEED 27-0-0	0.13	0.01	0.46
CANADIAN FERTILIZER LTD	ANHYDROUS AMMONIA 82-0-0	0.0218	0.5	5
CANADIAN FERTILIZER LTD	UREA 46-0-0	0.1	0.5	5
CANTON MILLS INC	CALPHOS 0-3-0	1	3.14	9.3
CELEX CORPORATION	KGRO GRO BEST HOUSE PLANT FOOD	10	0.5	5
CELEX CORPORATION	KGRO LIQUID 15-0-0 WEED & FEED	10	0.5	5
CELEX CORPORATION	KGRO LIQUID 27-2-2 LAWN FERTILIZER	10	0.5	5
CENEX HARVEST STATES - WHEELER	16-16-16	6.85	45.2	0.8
CENEX/LAND O'LAKES AGRONOMY CO	CENEX/LAND O' LAKES 18-6-12	39	22	0.85
CENEX/LAND O'LAKES AGRONOMY CO	CENEX/LAND O'LAKES 15-12-12	0.41	38	0.82
CENEX/LAND O'LAKES AGRONOMY CO	CENEX/LAND O'LAKES 16-16-16 1.5%	1.6	55	0.96
CENEX/LAND O'LAKES AGRONOMY CO	CENEX/LAND O'LAKES 16-16-16 6% S	2.2	33.4	0.9
CENEX/LAND O'LAKES AGRONOMY CO	CENEX/LAND O'LAKES 18-10-10 7%S	0.53	52	1.1
CENEX/LAND O'LAKES AGRONOMY CO	CENEX/LAND O'LAKES 18-18-18 W/2% S	2.3	36	0.8
CENEX/LAND O'LAKES AGRONOMY CO	CENEX/LAND O'LAKES 20-3-5 W/6% S 8% FE	0.501	8.8	0.7
CENEX/LAND O'LAKES AGRONOMY CO	CENEX/LAND O'LAKES 21-7-14 W/9%S	0.45	17	0.89
CENEX/LAND O'LAKES AGRONOMY CO	CENEX/LAND O'LAKES 25-10-0 W/7%S	0.68	62	2.7
CENEX/LAND O'LAKES AGRONOMY CO	CENEX/LAND O'LAKES 10-20-20	3.6	53	1.2
CENEX/LAND O'LAKES AGRONOMY CO	CENEX/LAND O'LAKES 16-16-16	0.77	23	2
CENEX/LAND O'LAKES AGRONOMY CO	CENEX/LAND O'LAKES 16-16-16 2%S	0.19	24	0.96
CENEX/LAND O'LAKES AGRONOMY CO	CENEX/LAND O'LAKES 20-10-10 W/10%S	1.5	22.8	1.1
CENEX/LAND O'LAKES AGRONOMY CO	CENEX/LAND O'LAKES 21-7-4	1.3	19.9	0.7
CENEX/LAND O'LAKES AGRONOMY CO	CENEX/LAND O'LAKES 27-12-12	1.7	49	1
CENEX/LAND O'LAKES AGRONOMY CO	CENEX/LAND O'LAKES 30-0-0 W/6%S	0.62	0.1	3
CENEX/LAND O'LAKES AGRONOMY CO	CENEX/LAND O'LAKES 33-0-0 W/12%S	0.502	0.502	0.502
CENEX/LAND O'LAKES AGRONOMY CO	CENEX/LAND O'LAKES 5-10-10 10%CA 2%MG 6%S	1.9	22.7	0.6
CENEX/LAND O'LAKES AGRONOMY CO	CENEX/LAND O'LAKES AMMONIUM POLYPHOSPHATE 10-34-0	6.77	60.5	0.5
CENEX/LAND O'LAKES AGRONOMY CO	CENEX/LAND O'LAKES YARDMASTER PREMIUM WEED & FEED WITH TRIMEC 26-3-7 PLUS 1% IRON	0.5	4.7	0.5
CF INDUSTRIES INC	AMMONIUM POLYPHOSPHATE 10-34-0	6.77	60.5	0.5
CF INDUSTRIES INC	AMMONIUM THIOSULFATE 12-0-0	0.5	0.5	0.5
CF INDUSTRIES INC	ANHYDROUS AMMONIA	0.1	0.1	0.01
CF INDUSTRIES INC	ANHYDROUS AMMONIA	0.005	0.005	0.056
CF INDUSTRIES INC	AQUA AMMONIA 20-0-0	0.005	0.005	0.056
CF INDUSTRIES INC	AQUA/NITROLSUL SOLUTION	0.5	0.5	0.5
CF INDUSTRIES INC	AQUA/THIOSUL SOLUTION	0.5	0.5	0.5
CF INDUSTRIES INC	DIAMMONIUM PHOSPHATE	16	3.7	5
CF INDUSTRIES INC	MONAMMONIUM PHOSPHATE	19	4.5	5
CF INDUSTRIES INC	UAN 32%	0.1	0.1	0.1
CF INDUSTRIES INC	UREA	0.1	0.1	0.1
CHAS H LILLY COMPANY (Garden Grow)	LILLY MILLER 16-16-16 LAWN & GARDEN FOOD	0.6	1	1.2
CHAS H LILLY COMPANY (Garden Grow)	LILLY MILLER ALL PURPOSE PLANTING & GROWING FOOD 10-10-10	0.5	1.8	33.4
CHAS H LILLY COMPANY (Garden Grow)	LILLY MILLER ALUMINUM SULFATE 16%S	0.5	1.3	177
CHAS H LILLY COMPANY (Garden Grow)	LILLY MILLER AZALEA, CAMELLIA, & RHODODENDRON FOOD 10-8-6	2.8	31.4	19.7
CHAS H LILLY COMPANY (Garden Grow)	LILLY MILLER CITRUS & AVOCADO FOOD 12-7-6	11.1	9.4	8.4
CHAS H LILLY COMPANY (Garden Grow)	LILLY MILLER COMPOST MAKER 6-8-0 W/8%CA	0.5	2.5	1.2
CHAS H LILLY COMPANY (Garden Grow)	LILLY MILLER HOSE 'N GO WEED & FEED 15-0-0 (GARDEN GROW)	40.6	0.1	1.2
CHAS H LILLY COMPANY (Garden Grow)	LILLY MILLER IRON SULFATE	1.3	23.5	1.2
CHAS H LILLY COMPANY (Garden Grow)	LILLY MILLER LAWN REVIVAL 5-3-2	2.7	0.7	2.4
CHAS H LILLY COMPANY (Garden Grow)	LILLY MILLER MORCROP 10-20-20 VEGETABLE FOOD	0.5	2.1	15.4
CHAS H LILLY COMPANY (Garden Grow)	LILLY MILLER RAPID GREEN WEED & FEED	0.5	5.3	1.2
CHAS H LILLY COMPANY (Garden Grow)	LILLY MILLER RHODODENDRON & EVERGREEN FOOD 10-8-6	3.6	17.9	21
CHAS H LILLY COMPANY (Garden Grow)	LILLY MILLER ROSE & FLOWER FOOD 6-10-4	0.5	4.7	14.2
CHAS H LILLY COMPANY (Garden Grow)	LILLY MILLER ROSE & FLOWER FOOD 6-10-4	0.5	4.7	14.2
CHAS H LILLY COMPANY (Garden Grow)	LILLY MILLER SUPER PHOSPHATE 0-45-0	17.9	74.2	4.6
CHAS H LILLY COMPANY (Garden Grow)	LILLY MILLER SUPER RICH FALL & WINTER LAWN FOOD 16-4-12	0.5	12.8	1.4
CHAS H LILLY COMPANY (Garden Grow)	LILLY MILLER SUPER RICH FEED & WEED LAWN FOOD 15-5-10	1.6	18.6	2.4
CHAS H LILLY COMPANY (Garden Grow)	LILLY MILLER SUPER RICH LAWN FOOD 15-5-10	1.6	17.2	3.8
CHAS H LILLY COMPANY (Garden Grow)	LILLY MILLER SUPER RICH MOSS CONTROL LAWN FOOD 13-3-5	0.5	12.4	1.2
CHAS H LILLY COMPANY (Garden Grow)	LILLY MILLER ULTRAGREEN CRABGRASS CONTROL & LAWN FOOD 21-3-6 WITH TEAM	0.5	1.9	1.4
CHAS H LILLY COMPANY (Garden Grow)	LILLY MILLER ULTRAGREEN LAWN FOOD 21-2-4 W/16%S (GARDEN GROW)	0.5	3.9	1.2
CHAS H LILLY COMPANY (Garden Grow)	LILLY MILLER ULTRAGREEN MOSS CONTROL LAWN FOOD 20-2-4 W10% FE (GARDEN GROW)	0.5	14.4	1.2
CHAS H LILLY COMPANY (Garden Grow)	LILLY MILLER ULTRAGREEN WEED & FEED 21-3-5 (GARDEN GROW)	5	0.3	1.2
CHAS H LILLY COMPANY (Garden Grow)	LILLY MILLER VITA BLOOM 0-10-10	7	17.8	11.6
CHAS H LILLY COMPANY (Garden Grow)	LILLY/MILLER BONE MEAL 6-12-0	7.1	0.1	1.2
CHAS H LILLY COMPANY (Garden Grow)	LILLY/MILLER BONE MEAL 6-12-0 W/17% CA	7.1	0.1	1.2
CHAS H LILLY COMPANY (Garden Grow)	LILLY/MILLER BULB & BLOOM FOOD 4-12-12 W/5%CA	6.7	60.8	8.5
CHAS H LILLY COMPANY (Garden Grow)	LILLY/MILLER FEED & SHIELD SYSTEMIC ROSE CARE 6-10-4 W/8%CA	9.9	26.4	1.2
CHAS H LILLY COMPANY (Garden Grow)	LILLY/MILLER FEED & SHIELD SYSTEMIC ROSE CARE W/6%CA	9.9	26.4	1.2
CHAS H LILLY COMPANY (Garden Grow)	LILLY/MILLER GRASS BACK COMBO 1-1-1	0.5	0.2	1.2
CHAS H LILLY COMPANY (Garden Grow)	LILLY/MILLER HOSE 'N GROW WEED & FEED 15-0-0	40.6	0.1	1.2
CHAS H LILLY COMPANY (Garden Grow)	LILLY/MILLER LAWN & GARDEN FOOD 16-16-16 W/5%S	0.6	0.1	1.2
CHAS H LILLY COMPANY (Garden Grow)	LILLY/MILLER MORCROP VEGETABLE FOOD 10-20-20 5S	0.5	2.1	15.4
CHAS H LILLY COMPANY (Garden Grow)	LILLY/MILLER MOSS-OUT PLUS FERTILIZER 20-2-5 W/8%S	0.5	9.4	1.2
CHAS H LILLY COMPANY (Garden Grow)	LILLY/MILLER RAPID GREEN LAWN FOOD 20-2-5	0.5	0.2	1.2
CHAS H LILLY COMPANY (Garden Grow)	LILLY/MILLER RAPID GREEN WEED & FEED 20-2-5 W/TRIMEC W/17%S	0.5	5.3	1.2
CHAS H LILLY COMPANY (Garden Grow)	LILLY/MILLER SEED & SOD STARTER PLUS 14-24-14 W/3%S	23.3	52.4	12.1
CHAS H LILLY COMPANY (Garden Grow)	LILLY/MILLER STUMP REMOVER & POTASSIUM NITRATE 13-0-44	0.5	0.1	1.2
CHAS H LILLY COMPANY (Garden Grow)	LILLY/MILLER ULTRAGREEN CRABGRASS CONTROL & LAWN FOOD W/TEAM 21-3-6 14%S, 1%FE	0.5	1.9	1.4
CHAS H LILLY COMPANY (Garden Grow)	LILLY/MILLER ULTRAGREEN FALL & WINTER LAWN FOOD 18-4-12 W/11%S	15	10.3	2.2
CHAS H LILLY COMPANY (Garden Grow)	LILLY/MILLER ULTRAGREEN FALL WEED & FEED W/TRIMEC 18-4-12	9.9	18.3	1.2
CHEM ONE CORP	COPPER SULFATE CRYSTALS	10	7	30
CHEMICAL LIME COMPANY	#10 AG DOLOMITE	20	0.6	5
CHEMICAL LIME COMPANY	#65 AG DOLOMITE	20	0.6	5
CHEMICAL LIME COMPANY	#7 AG DOLOMITE	17	0.72	5
CHEMICAL LIME COMPANY	#70 AG DOLOMITE	14	0.73	5
CHEMICAL LIME COMPANY	#90 AG DOLOMITE	18	0.77	40
CHEMICAL LIME COMPANY	REDI-MAG DOLOMITE	19	0.66	19
CHEMICAL LIME COMPANY OF CANADA INC	BULK AGRICULTURAL LIME (GROUND LIMESTONE)	5	1.34	5.5
CHEMICAL LIME COMPANY OF CANADA INC	BULK LIME KILN DUST	5	1.34	5.5
CHEMICAL LIME COMPANY OF CANADA INC	BULK LIMESTONE FERTILIZER GRIT	5	1.34	5.5
CHEMICAL LIME COMPANY OF CANADA INC	BULK LIMESTONE FLOUR	5	1.34	5.5
CHEMICAL LIME COMPANY OF CANADA INC	CENEX LAND O' LAKES LAWN AND GARDEN LIME WITH MAGNESIUM	5	1.02	6.3
CHEMICAL LIME COMPANY OF CANADA INC	GARDEN GREEN PLUS LAWN & GARDEN LIME WITH MAGNESIUM	5	1.31	6.3
CHEMICAL LIME COMPANY OF CANADA INC	TEXLIME GENERAL PURPOSE LIMESTONE FLOUR	5	1.34	5.5
CHEVRON PRODUCTS COMPANY	CHEVRON AQUA AMMONIA 24-0-0	5	1	5
CHILEAN NITRATE CORPORATION	CHAMPION ALKALINE PLUS 15-0-15	0.5	0.3	3.8
CHILEAN NITRATE CORPORATION	CHAMPION ALL PURPOSE PLUS 20-8-20	0.5	0.1	2.2
CHILEAN NITRATE CORPORATION	CHAMPION BRAND BULLDOG SODA	1	0.1	1.2
CHILEAN NITRATE CORPORATION	CHAMPION BRAND POTASSIUM NITRATE - PRILLED	0.5	0.1	1.2
CHILEAN NITRATE CORPORATION	CHAMPION BRAND POTASSIUM NITRATE - STANDARD	2	0.1	4.3
CHILEAN NITRATE CORPORATION	CHAMPION FINE STANDARD SULFATE OF POTASH	2.8	0.2	1.4
CHILEAN NITRATE CORPORATION	CHAMPION GENERAL PURPOSE PLUS 17-17-17	0.5	0.2	2.9
CHILEAN NITRATE CORPORATION	CHAMPION GREENHOUSE PLUS	5	0.1	1.1
CHILEAN NITRATE CORPORATION	CHAMPION HIGH POTASH PLUS	0.5	0.1	1.9
CHILEAN NITRATE CORPORATION	CHAMPION MULTI-PURPOSE PLUS	0.7	0.2	1.2
CHILEAN NITRATE CORPORATION	CHAMPION PLUG PLUS 13-2-13	0.8	0.3	2.1
CITY OF EVERETT	K-C WOOD ASH	9.7	1.2	74.2
COASTAL CHEMICAL INC	AMMONIUM THIOSULFATE	0.103	0.05	0.05
COASTAL ST HELENS CHEMICAL	ANHYDROUS AMMONIA 82-0-0	0.02	0.02	0.02
COASTAL ST HELENS CHEMICAL	UAN 32 SOLUTION 32-0-0	0.25	0.25	0.25
COASTAL ST HELENS CHEMICAL	UREA 46-0-0	0.5	0.5	0.5
COLUMBIA RIVER CARBONATES	MICRONA AG LIME	0.5	0.79	3.62
COMINCO AMERICAN INCORPORATED	AMMONIUM SULFATE 21-0-0 PLUS 24 S	0.5	1	0.6
COMINCO AMERICAN INCORPORATED	AMMONIUM SULFATE GRANULAR GRADE 20-0-0 PLUS 24 S AND .9 ZN	0.5	1	0.7
CONKLIN COMPANY INC	CONKLIN AMPLIFY-D	10	0.5	5
CONKLIN COMPANY INC	CONKLIN FEAST 9% ZINC EDTA FORMULA	10	0.6	5
CONKLIN COMPANY INC	CONKLIN FEAST LIQUID FERTILIZER 3-18-18	10	0.5	1
CONKLIN COMPANY INC	CONKLIN FEAST LIQUID STARTER FERTILIZER 9-18-9	10	0.5	5
CONKLIN COMPANY INC	CONKLIN FEAST PREMIUM PLUS 28-0-0	10	0.5	5
CONKLIN COMPANY INC	CONKLIN FEAST PROFIT MASTER	10	0.5	5
CONKLIN COMPANY INC	CONKLIN FEAST SIDE-KICK 0-0-25 W/17%S	10	0.5	5
CONKLIN COMPANY INC	CONKLIN GUARDIAN NITROGEN FERTILIZER ADDITIVE 66-0-0	10	0.5	5
CONKLIN COMPANY INC	CONKLIN GUARDIAN-DL NITROGEN FERTILIZER ADDITIVE 31-0-0	10	0.5	5
CONKLIN COMPANY INC	FEAST-XL PROFIT MASTER 26-0-0 W/0.5% B	10	0.5	5
CONTINENTAL LIME INC	HYDRATED LIME	5.3	0.4	4.2
COOKE LABORATORY PRODUCTS	COOKE STUMP REMOVER & POTASSIUM NITRATE	0	0	0
COOKE LABORATORY PRODUCTS	COOKE SYSTEMIC ROSE, SHRUB & FLOWER CARE 6-10-4	9.9	26.4	1.2
COTTER & COMPANY	TRUE VALUE GREEN THUMB ROSE GUARD 8-12-4	6	5	29
CROWN TECHNOLOGY INC	FERROUS SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE	0.05	1	10
CSI CHEMICAL CORPORATION	NUTRI-CAL	1	0.5	2
CUSTOM AGRICULTURAL FORMULATORS	CHALLENGE W/BORON	0.01	35.1	1.03
CUSTOM AGRICULTURAL FORMULATORS	ENGAGE NPK	0.54	0.01	0.01
CUSTOM AGRICULTURAL FORMULATORS	ENGAGE PK	0.01	0.01	0.16
CYTOZYME LABORATORIES INC	CYTOZYME CROP+	10	0.9	24
CYTOZYME LABORATORIES INC	CYTOZYME CROP+2 5-0-0	10	0.5	6
CYTOZYME LABORATORIES INC	CYTOZYME CYTO-RED	10	0.5	5
CYTOZYME LABORATORIES INC	CYTOZYME SEED+	10	0.9	5
CYTOZYME LABORATORIES INC	CYTOZYME SOIL+	10	0.5	25
CYTOZYME LABORATORIES INC	CYTOZYME STUBBLE DIGESTER+	10	1.5	33

* Environmental groups asked for the natural background level of the soil to be the standard for fertilizers. But the legislature adopted a standard for each toxic metal based on concentration and application rates that would, if applied at the maximum rate, double the estimated background level of the metal in 45 years. All fertilizers on this list passed the state test. The ones in green would have passed the environmentalist test. Source of statewide soil background levels: Washington Department of Ecology Publication #94-115.

** The Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA) sets cleanup levels for soil with hazardous substances at levels that may pose a threat to the environment or health. The law does not apply to people "who use a hazardous substance lawfully and without negligence for any personal or domestic purpose" thus, it is believed fertilizer usage is exempt. However, MTCA applies the best available science for what is safe in soil. The fertilizer products above, while all legal, are color-coded as a guide to products that have relatively high levels of arsenic, cadmium and lead. Arsenic and lead are coded red if they exceed the MTCA cleanup level. Cadmium is coded red only if it is (a) more than 5 times the MTCA level, and (b) more than 1 part cadmium to every 100 parts zinc. Zinc blocks the movement of cadmium from soil to plants. Source: USDA

Source of fertilizer data: Washington Department of Agriculture, via the internet http://www.wa.gov/agr/pmd/fertilizers#database 3/22/00

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