I’m in the middle of a gut renovation on a 3 family brick house in Ft. Greene. I’ve been working on our plans for the yard and did a soil test to make sure everything is safe for our kids. Good thing I did: we’ve got really high lead contamination and high levels of some other heavy metals as well. From what I’ve read online, heavy metal contamination is really common in New York City backyards. Apparently, we should be pretty safe if there’s no exposed soil. Most of the info I’ve read online recommends covering the ground with sod and just planting any edible plants in containers. I have a call in to a couple soil removal services to see how much that option would run too. (I was really excited to have extensive edible gardens as well as some laying hens possibly also.) <\/p>\n
Has anyone dealt with this? Any advice? We have about 850 ppm of lead near the surface of the soil and about 1500 ppm around 8″ deep. (I did 2 samples.)<\/p>\n
Thanks for any help!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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