Contaminated soil--was Lasagna Gardening

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Do either of you who wrote about the lead contamination know much about other kinds?  For example, in the 60's or 70's, my parent's house was treated for termites. Back then, they used chlordane in a large ring directly in the soil around the house.  (I know it's awful stuff, but I'll tell you we hardly saw a bug of any kind in the house for years!)  When my parents planted veggies, they knew the stuff was there and planted them way out in the yard, uphill so avoid ingesting it.  My inlaws house probably has petroleum products in the soil, as my father-in-law has been an auto mechanic for about 60 years.  Years back, it's just the way people did things.  Even now, you don't know what weird fertilizers or garden pesticides or herbicides a more recent previous owner might have used.  How do you as a new homeowner find out if the soil is safe?
 
Erica
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