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The trick to lowering gas prices is driving less, US energy secretary says
(www.businessinsider.com)
this post was submitted on 08 Sep 2026
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When my kids were little and we were moving into our new to us house, built in 1946, they also cautioned about the outside. Treat 10’ around the house as potentially contaminated from peeling exterior paint. No vegetable gardens in that dirt. No kids playing in that dirt
The risk of lead absorption via skin contact isn't worth even thinking about. So unless the kids were eating substantial volumes of dirt, that's absurdly over-cautious. If you keep them indoors and feed them a tuna sandwich, the mercury dose will exceed the damage done by exposure to lead in household soil, unless something well out of the ordinary is happening.