Residents were unaware hazardous waste was 200 feet from their front doors and next door to the neighborhood park until EPA officials asked property owners if they could take soil samples from their front and back yards to determine if there was lead contamination on their property.
Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste Material are issues families all across America are afflicted with daily.
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Alabama Residents Learn of Lead Contamination in the Heart of Their Neighborhood
July 12, 2007 - Residents in the predominately black First Avenue Park community of Lincoln just recently discovered high levels of lead were found at and around the abandoned Lincoln Metals Corporation/Heartland Faucet site at 248 Foundry Lane, in the heart of their neighborhood.
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