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The findings are based on samples gathered from 47 garden plots in the area in 2020, as part of a two-year study that aims to answer the question: is it safe to eat vegetables grown in gardens around Yellowknife, Ndilǫ and Dettah?
Save this story for later. The sun was still low in the sky on the spring morning last year when Martin Papworth, an archeologist for the National Trust, arrived in the village of Cerne Abbas. Setting off along a wooded path at the foot of Giant Hill, he carried in each hand a bucket loaded with excavation tools. Cerne Abbas, in a picturesque valley in Dorset, about three hours southwest of London, is an ancient settlement. At one end of the village, beneath a meadow abutting a burial ground, lie the foundations of what was, a thousand years ago, a thriving abbey. Close by is a spring-fed wel...