On the Hill East list serve, the issue of lead in the soil came up. With more and more residents digging into urban gardening, some research might be helpful.
Tom said, “A few weeks back there were posts about lead in local soil and the effect on plants and vegetables. Last week’s NYTimes has this article that might be of in interest.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/14/garden/14lead.html?ref=garden“