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Old August 12, 2016   #3
Father'sDaughter
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I remember an episode of This Old House where they discovered lead had been washing down into the planting bed soil next to an older home. The owners had children and were warned to never plant edibles in that area.

And if you don't know the history of your property, there's a chance that lead or other contaminants could have been dumped there. Friends bought a home that had been previously owned by a painting contractor and ended up discovering one whole section of their lot was basically a toxic waste site. They eventually learned it was where the painter used to keep his dumpster.
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