An ion-exchange material (IEM)is being used to prevent lead uptake by leafy greens. Soil in the area upwind from a power plant in Madison Indiana has relatively high levels of lead. Because of this we are searching for a method to reduce the uptake of lead in the plants using an IEM. The IEM is a 1:1 co-precipitate of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and polyacrylic acid (PAA) where the PVA is an inert substrate used to make the film insoluble and the PAA is the active material. Results of the preliminary studies showed the IEM caused a reduction of lead uptake in the leafy greens of at least 57.8% and as high as 94.2% when compared to the untreated control; however, reproducible results have been difficult due to the small scale of the study.