Health officials tell residents in Fort Lauderdale Neighborhood not to pick vegetables from their gardens or let kids play in their yards

August 8, 2007 - A few dozen residents from a neighborhood off Sistrunk Boulevard aired their concerns Tuesday about potentially unsafe levels of dioxins, arsenic and other chemicals state health officials recently found in their yards.

''Our children have suffered this catastrophic burden,'' said resident Leola McCoy. ``I hope we get some results.''

The concerns from McCoy and her neighbors at the Mizell Center, 1409 NW Sixth St., come months after state health officials released a report documenting the discovery of the contaminants in the Durrs neighborhood. Health officials told the residents not to pluck vegetables from their gardens or let kids play in their yards.

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