Homeowners who keep chickens in their backyards have little way of knowing whether their eggs might be contaminated unless they have them tested themselves.Credit...Michelle V. Agins/The New York Times TO the long list of food conundrums, add this: research has found elevated levels of lead in eggs from chickens in New York City public neighborhood gardens. Preliminary results from a New York Stat
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