PMID- 36176572
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20221001
IS  - 2471-1403 (Electronic)
IS  - 2471-1403 (Linking)
VI  - 6
IP  - 9
DP  - 2022 Sep
TI  - Urban Soil Safety Policies: The Next Frontier for Mitigating Lead Exposures and 
      Promoting Sustainable Food Production.
PG  - e2022GH000615
LID - 10.1029/2022GH000615 [doi]
LID - e2022GH000615
AB  - Urban soils bear the persistent legacy of leaded gasoline and past industrial 
      practices. Soil safety policies (SSPs) are an important public health tool with 
      the potential to inform, identify, and mitigate potential health risks faced by 
      urban growers, but little is known about how these policies may protect growers 
      from exposures to lead and other soil contaminants. We reviewed and evaluated 43 
      urban agriculture (UA) policies in 40 US cities pertaining to soil safety. About 
      half of these cities had a least one SSP that offered recommendations or provided 
      services for soil testing. Eight cities had at least one SSP containing a 
      requirement pertaining to any topic (e.g., soil testing, a specific best practice 
      for growing). We found notable inconsistencies across SSPs for "acceptable" 
      levels of lead in soils and the activities and behaviors recommended at each 
      level. We specify research needed to inform revisions to US Environmental 
      Protection Agency guidance for lead in soils specific to UA. We conclude with a 
      series of recommendations to guide the development or revision of SSPs.
CI  - (c) 2022 The Authors. GeoHealth published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of 
      American Geophysical Union.
FAU - Lupolt, Sara N
AU  - Lupolt SN
AD  - Department of Environmental Health and Engineering Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School 
      of Public Health Baltimore MD USA.
AD  - Center for a Livable Future Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health 
      Baltimore MD USA.
AD  - Risk Sciences and Public Policy Institute Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of 
      Public Health Baltimore MD USA.
FAU - Santo, Raychel E
AU  - Santo RE
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7091-6263
AD  - Department of Environmental Health and Engineering Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School 
      of Public Health Baltimore MD USA.
AD  - Center for a Livable Future Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health 
      Baltimore MD USA.
FAU - Kim, Brent F
AU  - Kim BF
AD  - Department of Environmental Health and Engineering Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School 
      of Public Health Baltimore MD USA.
AD  - Center for a Livable Future Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health 
      Baltimore MD USA.
FAU - Burke, Thomas A
AU  - Burke TA
AD  - Risk Sciences and Public Policy Institute Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of 
      Public Health Baltimore MD USA.
AD  - Department of Health Policy and Management Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of 
      Public Health Baltimore MD USA.
FAU - Nachman, Keeve E
AU  - Nachman KE
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4925-4151
AD  - Department of Environmental Health and Engineering Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School 
      of Public Health Baltimore MD USA.
AD  - Center for a Livable Future Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health 
      Baltimore MD USA.
AD  - Risk Sciences and Public Policy Institute Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of 
      Public Health Baltimore MD USA.
AD  - Department of Health Policy and Management Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of 
      Public Health Baltimore MD USA.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20220901
PL  - United States
TA  - Geohealth
JT  - GeoHealth
JID - 101706476
PMC - PMC9473349
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - environmental justice
OT  - exposure
OT  - lead
OT  - policy
OT  - soil safety
OT  - urban agriculture
COIS- The authors declare no conflicts of interest relevant to this study.
EDAT- 2022/10/01 06:00
MHDA- 2022/10/01 06:01
PMCR- 2022/09/01
CRDT- 2022/09/30 02:31
PHST- 2022/03/03 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/08/16 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2022/09/30 02:31 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/10/01 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/10/01 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2022/09/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - GH2359 [pii]
AID - 10.1029/2022GH000615 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Geohealth. 2022 Sep 1;6(9):e2022GH000615. doi: 10.1029/2022GH000615. eCollection 
      2022 Sep.