Is your soil toxic?

Tremane Barr in his vege garden after the February 2011 earthquake.

His copy of Organic NZ arrived in the mail a few hours before the quake.

(Photo: Tremane Barr)

The Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 have shaken the lives and properties of many that live here, but one aftershock that has come as a complete surprise to the public was the release of information by the regional council – Environment Canterbury (ECAN) – that at least 11,000 properties might have some form of toxic contamination.