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Saturday, April 30, 2005
Environment - EPA will test Indianapolis yards for lead pollution
The Indianapolis Star is reporting:
Residents near a former lead smelter on the city's Near Eastside will hear next week about plans to clean up contaminated yards, a decade after county and state officials became concerned about the problem.The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will ask residents in the Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood to sign agreements allowing their yards to be tested for lead, a heavy metal that can cause developmental problems in children.
A smelter operated northwest of 19th Street and Hillside Avenue for about 25 years -- from 1946 to 1965 by American Lead and from 1965 to 1971 by National Lead, according to state records. Metal firms had operated at the site since the 1870s.
National Lead will pay for testing of about 250 yards, which should begin in June, and a cleanup of yards that show elevated lead levels, EPA officials said.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on April 30, 2005 07:07 AM
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