Lead in soil?

So our backyard, and most of our neighbors have concrete. Dating back to the maybe the 60’s. I have been removing portions when I feel motivated to drag concrete through my house. The soil underneath looks real nice with tons of worms. This is a wood framed house covered in plastic siding (80’s??) Should I worry about moving this dirt through my house? We have kids aged 8-14 in the house.

kaiapapaya

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Guest User | 8 years and 1 month ago

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If you’re walking around in it and then going inside aren’t you already bringing it through the house? Seriously though, there’s no good way to know what’s in the dirt without actual testing. If you’re concerned, just make sure you put down protection on the floor before moving it through so that you can easily pick up anything that spills. If you’re in Gowanus or Greenpoint though, you might want to reconsider removing the concrete though because the nastiness from the Gowanus Canal and Newtown Creek does get into the soil. Worms are a good sign though.

Guest User | 8 years and 1 month ago

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string(6) "195579"

If you’re walking around in it and then going inside aren’t you already bringing it through the house? Seriously though, there’s no good way to know what’s in the dirt without actual testing. If you’re concerned, just make sure you put down protection on the floor before moving it through so that you can easily pick up anything that spills. If you’re in Gowanus or Greenpoint though, you might want to reconsider removing the concrete though because the nastiness from the Gowanus Canal and Newtown Creek does get into the soil. Worms are a good sign though.

Guest User | 8 years and 1 month ago

string(1) "3"
string(6) "195579"

If you’re walking around in it and then going inside aren’t you already bringing it through the house? Seriously though, there’s no good way to know what’s in the dirt without actual testing. If you’re concerned, just make sure you put down protection on the floor before moving it through so that you can easily pick up anything that spills. If you’re in Gowanus or Greenpoint though, you might want to reconsider removing the concrete though because the nastiness from the Gowanus Canal and Newtown Creek does get into the soil. Worms are a good sign though.