Climate

Ooof just absolutely awful: 

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Independent soil testing conducted by The Times provided the first evidence in May that Army Corps crews were leaving behind lead contamination. Subsequent tests by a UCLA research group also found that 49% of the cleaned properties were still contaminated with lead.

“If those numbers hold, this will be the worst cleanup that I’m aware of in wildfire history,” said Andrew Whelton, a professor of civil environmental engineering at Purdue University. “The purpose of cleaning up is to remove the contamination from the site and restore it to safe use so that you don’t get sick and the economic value of the land is returned.”

Ooof just absolutely awful: 

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Independent soil testing conducted by The Times provided the first evidence in May that Army Corps crews were leaving behind lead contamination. Subsequent tests by a UCLA research group also found that 49% of the cleaned properties were still contaminated with lead.

“If those numbers hold, this will be the worst cleanup that I’m aware of in wildfire history,” said Andrew Whelton, a professor of civil environmental engineering at Purdue University. “The purpose of cleaning up is to remove the contamination from the site and restore it to safe use so that you don’t get sick and the economic value of the land is returned.”

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