[CPEO-BIF] More than 164 lead smelters

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Poisons lurk where lead-smelting factories once stood

By Alison Young
USA TODAY
April 19, 2012

Ken Shefton is furious about what the government knew eight years ago  
and never told him - that the neighborhood where his five sons have  
been playing is contaminated with lead.

Their Cleveland home is a few blocks from a long-forgotten factory  
that spewed toxic lead dust for about 30 years.

The Environmental Protection Agency and state regulators clearly knew  
of the danger. They tested soil throughout the neighborhood and  
documented hazardous levels of contamination. They never did a  
cleanup. They didn't warn people living nearby that the tainted soil  
endangers their children.

...

For the entire article (Part 1 of a series), see
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-04-19/smelting-lead- 
contamination-government-failure/54399578/1

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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