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Gardening Know How Questions & Answers - https://questions.gardeningknowhow.comWe just acquired a large amount of coal dust from a power plant. We do composting of manure and wood waste. Would coal dust be a good additive to our compost?
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1 Comment To "coal dust"
#1 Comment By Downtoearthdigs On 11/11/2015 @ 4:43 pm
My recommendation is no.
Coal dust contains heavy metals and should not be introduced into the compost and then soil.
Here is a link with more information.
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/npgd0144.html [1]