Representative soil sample testing done in a Los Angeles County Public Health study found a higher percentage of samples with lead levels above health-based screening thresholds taken from parcels ...

Now that we have experienced the first frost of the season, and the growing season for most garden and home landscape plants has come to an end, we as gardeners tend to start thinking about things we ...

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Gardeners obsess over seed varieties and planting dates, yet the soil under their boots often gets ignored. Soil testing for ...

To inform those living within and around the Palisades and Eaton Fire zones – a Los Angeles-based organization is leading the effort to sample the soil at more than a thousand properties. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Eaton fire burn area at the 300 block of E. Palm Street in Altadena on May 27, 2025. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) ...

Last year, more than 24,000 farmers and gardeners requested soil sample testing through MU Extension. This year, the Soil and Plant Testing Laboratory in Mumford Hall is making it simpler and cheaper ...

Wildfire survivors across Los Angeles County are discovering that the most dangerous consequence from a wildfire isn’t always visible. Lead, arsenic, and other toxic metals could be hiding deep in ...

AND TODAY WE CAN REPORT THE FIRST SAMPLES HAVE COME IN.. S AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK INSIDE THE MONTEREY COUNTY HEALTH LAB.. THAT RECEIVED ITS FIRST WATER SAMPLES FRIDAY AFTERNOON.. THE WATER WILL BE TESTED ...