What to do if there's lead in your soil

This story by the Center for Public Integrity was published in partnership with Grist and is part of a series on soil lead contamination. 

Is lead lurking in the soil around you?

Dangerous lead contamination continues to plague the soil of urban centers, particularly in high-traffic, older neighborhoods where particles and airborne dust from leaded gasoline and lead paint accumulated during the 20th century. Industrial areas where both historic and current lead emissions have settled in the soil are also high-risk.