• Add compost or lime to the soil.
• Plant fruiting or leafy vegetables, such as lettuce or tomatoes, because they take in less lead than potatoes, carrots, turnips and other root crops.

Dust contaminated with lead settles on garden plants. Vegetables should be washed with vinegar and water, or peeled. The outer leaves may also be thrown away.

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Reprinted with permission from the California Department of Health Services and the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch.