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Jul 03rd
Home arrow Nation/World arrow Sewage proposed as prevention for lead poisoning
Sewage proposed as prevention for lead poisoning Print E-mail
By The Washington Post   

Scientists using federal grants spread fertilizer made from human and industrial wastes on yards in poor, black neighborhoods of East St. Louis and Baltimore to test whether it might protect children from lead poisoning in the soil. Families were told that without the sewage-based fertiizer, their lawns posed a danger of lead poisoning to their children; if children ate the treated soil, they would not face the same risk of lead poisoning. No one knows for sure, though, whether the sludge is safe.

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