{"id":623643,"date":"2026-05-04T21:33:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T21:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/623643\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T21:33:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T21:33:19","slug":"gardeners-beware-of-contaminated-soil-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/623643\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardeners beware of contaminated soil risks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) &#8211; As temperatures rise, you might be itching to get out into the garden. It\u2019s important to keep yourself, your family safe from harmful substances that could be in the soil.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Previous uses of lead in paint, leaded gasoline and industry practices have resulted in soil becoming contaminated over time, state health officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.wisconsin.gov\/environmental\/soil.htm\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.wisconsin.gov\/environmental\/soil.htm\">Wisconsin Department of Health Services is reminding residents about potential exposure<\/a> when gardening, playing in bare soil, eating produce grown in contaminated soil, swallowing soil particles or breathing dust from contaminated soil.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Contaminated soil can also be tracked inside on shoes, clothing or from pets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Health officials say following safe gardening practices may help lower the risk of coming into contact with contaminated soil.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The department recommends washing hands after gardening and before eating or drinking. Gardeners should wear gloves and use tools in the garden.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Officials advise against bringing gardening clothing, shoes, gloves and tools inside. Gardeners should avoid eating, drinking or smoking when working in the garden.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Produce should be washed before storing or eating it. Root vegetables should be peeled and outer leaves should be removed from leafy vegetables.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Residents can get their soil screened for lead, especially if their home was built before 1978.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WBAY. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) &#8211; As temperatures rise, you might be itching to get out into the garden.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":623644,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[1687,4253,192,12224,14957,79],"class_list":["post-623643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-climate","tag-climate-change","tag-environment","tag-gardening","tag-lifestyles","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=623643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/623644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}