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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do lead check swabs in the windowsills to see if it has lead paint remnants.  Unless the windows are all new.[/quote]
You plan to chew the windowsills?[b] All old houses will have lead paint.[/b] [/quote]

Yup. And so do the yards/dirt of all houses older than 40 years. [/quote]

This is true. Definitely do a soil test if you're considering vegetable gardening by an older home. A friend of mine did a soil test for a flower garden in a DC rowhouse neighborhood. The soil lead levels were 1600ppm compared to a desirable range of 200-400ppm. The university that did the test called her repeatedly until they could speak to her, asked if she had children, etc. That's such a high lead level that just playing in the yard might not be safe for kids (she doesn't have kids...but they still spoke to her about how to reduce her exposure). While her results were extremely high, you're really going to want to used raised beds or planters with purchased soil in almost any urban older neighborhood.[/quote]

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