The soil in the municipality may contain high levels of lead, because the low-lying peat soils in the area used to be raised with a mixture of dredged material, farmyard manure, city waste and sand, known as the ‘toemaakdek’. The municipality has engaged a project office that will focus on these private gardens for the next three years.
Attention garden owners in De Ronde Venen: municipality needs help with major research into lead
