Gordon Binkhorst

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The Last Show with David Cooper · What's Really in Urban Snow Piles? · 24 Feb 2026 podcast

And it also has the addition of all that salt that the city put on there.

The schmutz is, yes, it will come as a grime and wind up in our tree wells and such.

And that is, again, why we have elevated lead in the dirt around trees and gardens in the city.

That's all the result of

all of what we just discussed.

I am sure I didn't see the full lab report, David, but I am sure there are other metals.

You know, metals are also naturally occurring in our environment.

Lead is naturally occurring.

And I can't say, you know, I know the urban soil quality in New York is not great.

So I'm not surprised that we're getting elevated lead in the snow in the piles.

I think that's exactly it.

They just pretend it's not going to be there.

But of course, you know, I have a dog and we used to let our dog out in the backyard during the snow because we didn't want to walk the

dog.

And in the spring, yes, it all accumulates on the grass and it's a mess.

And also there's the issue of picking up poop with a plastic bag that is snow.

You're going to get a handful of snow and dog poop.

Not that fun, but yes, no, you should not leave your dog poop under any circumstances because yes, it's disgusting.

No.

Again, David, I think the snow accumulates at a ground surface in a way that rain wouldn't.

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