[poinq]

The real danger is nitrates in the fertilizer. Absorbs through the skin.

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As opposed to the nitrates you eat when you eat the food farmers grow. All plants are made up of Nitrogen in part.

[D Rider]

Nitrates, or actually the immediate lack of it, can cause heart attacks. Common amounst farmers and chemists when they take a vacation. It’s a well known phenomenon.