Must have been a net hiccup when I tried... Sorry about that.. Did find some of the chems used to make it Here's a partial list.... Arsenic Compounds Beryllium Compounds Cadmium Compounds Chromium Compounds Cobalt Compounds Copper Compounds Iron Compounds Lead Compounds Manganese Compounds Mercury Compounds and here's the link to all the goodies... http://www.americanacryl.com/html/environment.html Thanks, I'll stick to compost.. L.B. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Subject: [CH] polyacrylamide/soil Google search for polyacrylamide gave 41,600 hits. Search for (polyacrylamide,soil) - with parentheses - gave 3,280. I scanned a bunch of these at random and they mostly concerned water retention and controlling soil erosion. Should be something there for you. Brian