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December 18, 2005
Post-Katrina: Lead in disturbed soil may pose heightened health risk

From EurekAlert! - Breaking News:

Unsafe levels of lead have been found in soil and sediments left behind in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina and could pose a heightened health threat to returning residents, particularly children, according to a new study published in the American Chemical Society's journal Environmental Science & Technology. Some soil samples contained lead concentrations as much as two-thirds higher than what the US Environmental Protection Agency considers safe, according to researchers at Texas Tech University. Read more from this post.
Posted on December 18, 2005 09:51 PM



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