Navigating Soil Lead Testing

References and Additional Resources

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). Soil, Gardening, and Your Health https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/soilshop/soil-gardening-health.html

Cornell Waste Management Institute. 2014. What Gardeners Can Do: 10 Best Practices for Healthy Gardening.  https://ecommons.cornell.edu/items/ab63d0d9-a787-4bc4-a3e4-2db2dc7c2516

Healthy Soils, Healthy Communities. 2015. Metals in Urban Garden Soils. https://cwmi.css.cornell.edu/Metals_Urban_Garden_Soils.pdf

Shayler, H., McBride, M, Harrison, E. Guide to Soil Testing and Interpreting Results. Cornell Waste Management Institute – Cornell University. https://cwmi.css.cornell.edu/guidetosoil.pdf

Pettinelli, D. Soil Lead Interpretation Sheet. Soil Nutrient Analysis Laboratory – University of Connecticut. https://soiltesting.cahnr.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3514/2023/05/Lead-Interpretation-Sheet.pdf

USEPA. 2024. Updated Residential Soil Lead Guidance for CERCLA Sites and RCRA Corrective Action Facilities. https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2024-01/olem-residential-lead-soil-guidance-2024_signed_508.pdf

USEPA. 2020. Lead in Soil. Region III. https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2020-10/documents/lead-in-soil-aug2020.pdf

USEPA. 2014. Technical Review Workgroup Recommendations Regarding Gardening and reducing Exposure to Lead-Contaminated Soils. https://semspub.epa.gov/work/HQ/174577.pdf

USEPA. 1994a. Revised Interim Soil Lead Guidance for CERCLA Sites and RCRA Corrective Action Facilities. OSWER Directive 9355.4-12. https://semspub.epa.gov/work/HQ/175347.pdf