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July 25, 2005
Arsenic in land
Arsenic under study in Phillips neighborhood
July 22, 2005
Startribune
Envirnomentalist will be checking soil from about 600 homes and businesses in the next month for arsenic. They believe the arsenic is from an old pesticide manufacturing company that was running in 1938-1968. They had arsenic in their pesticides to kill grasshoppers. They believe yards got contaminated from the spread of dust by the wind. They have found arsenic in several areas. The project manager, Tim Prendiville, stated "Based on previous sampling, we haven't been able to develop a pattern of contamination, so we figured we'd just go out and sample everybody." "Last year the Envrionmental Protection Agency removed contaminated soil from 30 yards and replaced them with clean dirt and grass."
I am glad that the Environmental Protection Agency is taking charge and is going to check all the soil. It is also nice that they are replacing people's yard with clean dirt and grass.