How Safe is Your Lawn? Organic Lawn Care, Lead in your Backyard, and the Safety of Astroturf

Whether you are growing vegetables or a lawn in your yard, the presence of lead in the soil is a concern.  The cause of such contamination could be flakes of leaded paint, the remnants of gasoline, or the residue from pesticide application of lead arsenate.  Lead can remain the soil for hundreds of years.