#superfundsite — Public Fediverse posts
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#Omaha Is Home to a Massive #Superfund Site. Most Kids Living There Aren’t Tested for #Lead
by Chris Bowling, Flatwater Free Press
April 15, 2026Excerpt: "For more than a century, smoke from a lead smelter and other factories deposited 400 million pounds of the #toxic metal across the city’s east side. That prompted the Environmental Protection Agency to begin investigating the pollution in 1999, and a few years later, the agency declared 27 square miles of east Omaha to be a Superfund site. Over more than two decades, the EPA and the city have dug up and replaced nearly 14,000 yards, from about a third of the site’s residential properties.
Faced with similar public health concerns about lead, 13 states, including #NewJersey, #Louisiana and neighboring #Iowa, have passed laws requiring universal #LeadScreening, meaning all kids would get a blood test before entering kindergarten.
But not #Nebraska."
Read more:
https://www.propublica.org/article/omaha-nebraska-lead-kids-blood-tests -
#Omaha Is Home to a Massive #Superfund Site. Most Kids Living There Aren’t Tested for #Lead
by Chris Bowling, Flatwater Free Press
April 15, 2026Excerpt: "For more than a century, smoke from a lead smelter and other factories deposited 400 million pounds of the #toxic metal across the city’s east side. That prompted the Environmental Protection Agency to begin investigating the pollution in 1999, and a few years later, the agency declared 27 square miles of east Omaha to be a Superfund site. Over more than two decades, the EPA and the city have dug up and replaced nearly 14,000 yards, from about a third of the site’s residential properties.
Faced with similar public health concerns about lead, 13 states, including #NewJersey, #Louisiana and neighboring #Iowa, have passed laws requiring universal #LeadScreening, meaning all kids would get a blood test before entering kindergarten.
But not #Nebraska."
Read more:
https://www.propublica.org/article/omaha-nebraska-lead-kids-blood-tests -
#Omaha Is Home to a Massive #Superfund Site. Most Kids Living There Aren’t Tested for #Lead
by Chris Bowling, Flatwater Free Press
April 15, 2026Excerpt: "For more than a century, smoke from a lead smelter and other factories deposited 400 million pounds of the #toxic metal across the city’s east side. That prompted the Environmental Protection Agency to begin investigating the pollution in 1999, and a few years later, the agency declared 27 square miles of east Omaha to be a Superfund site. Over more than two decades, the EPA and the city have dug up and replaced nearly 14,000 yards, from about a third of the site’s residential properties.
Faced with similar public health concerns about lead, 13 states, including #NewJersey, #Louisiana and neighboring #Iowa, have passed laws requiring universal #LeadScreening, meaning all kids would get a blood test before entering kindergarten.
But not #Nebraska."
Read more:
https://www.propublica.org/article/omaha-nebraska-lead-kids-blood-tests -
#Omaha Is Home to a Massive #Superfund Site. Most Kids Living There Aren’t Tested for #Lead
by Chris Bowling, Flatwater Free Press
April 15, 2026Excerpt: "For more than a century, smoke from a lead smelter and other factories deposited 400 million pounds of the #toxic metal across the city’s east side. That prompted the Environmental Protection Agency to begin investigating the pollution in 1999, and a few years later, the agency declared 27 square miles of east Omaha to be a Superfund site. Over more than two decades, the EPA and the city have dug up and replaced nearly 14,000 yards, from about a third of the site’s residential properties.
Faced with similar public health concerns about lead, 13 states, including #NewJersey, #Louisiana and neighboring #Iowa, have passed laws requiring universal #LeadScreening, meaning all kids would get a blood test before entering kindergarten.
But not #Nebraska."
Read more:
https://www.propublica.org/article/omaha-nebraska-lead-kids-blood-tests -
#Omaha Is Home to a Massive #Superfund Site. Most Kids Living There Aren’t Tested for #Lead
by Chris Bowling, Flatwater Free Press
April 15, 2026Excerpt: "For more than a century, smoke from a lead smelter and other factories deposited 400 million pounds of the #toxic metal across the city’s east side. That prompted the Environmental Protection Agency to begin investigating the pollution in 1999, and a few years later, the agency declared 27 square miles of east Omaha to be a Superfund site. Over more than two decades, the EPA and the city have dug up and replaced nearly 14,000 yards, from about a third of the site’s residential properties.
Faced with similar public health concerns about lead, 13 states, including #NewJersey, #Louisiana and neighboring #Iowa, have passed laws requiring universal #LeadScreening, meaning all kids would get a blood test before entering kindergarten.
But not #Nebraska."
Read more:
https://www.propublica.org/article/omaha-nebraska-lead-kids-blood-tests -
Attention, Richmond! The final United Heckathorn Superfund site community meeting is coming up on Wednesday, 1/28.
The discussion will focus on long-term cleanup plans & climate vulnerability. Come with questions for the experts!
Learn more & register: https://usepa.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/G-XAq38nSv2yRZKIC53KPg#/registration
#richmondca #richmond #unitedheckathorn #superfund #superfundsite #superfundcleanup #toxicwaste #bayarea #pollution #climatechange
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Largely Unregulated Petrochemical Barge Industry Is Taking Over a Texas River
Residents who live on the San Jacinto River fear chemical releases and explosions from the vessels. -
As the Richmond Shoreline Alliance has pointed out, a full cleanup of the United Heckathorn Superfund site is needed to resolve the problem at its source--and avoid compounding consequences later https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/08/05/cleanup-of-toxic-richmond-waterway-creates-divisions/
#richmondca #richmond #pollution #superfund #superfundsite #epa -
Attention, Richmonders! The United Heckathorn Superfund site is a major source of pollutants contaminating #SFBay & the Richmond shoreline. The site was supposed to be cleaned up in the 90s, but that effort failed.
The EPA is working on a plan to get the site cleaned up and is holding a series of meetings to raise awareness and hear community concerns.
The next meeting will be held on Zoom on Wednesday, 5/21 from 6:30-8:00pm. The discussion will focus on why the first cleanup was ineffective.
Visit the link below to learn more and to register!
#richmondca #sfbay #sanfranciscobay #bayarea #pollution #superfund #superfundsite
https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0902440
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Attention #Richmond residents! A Superfund site known as #UnitedHeckathorn is a major source of DDT and other pollutants contaminating the Bay and shoreline. The site was supposed to be cleaned up in the 90s, but that effort failed. We want to make sure that doesn’t happen again.
On 4/23 the #EPA will host a Zoom call to engage with the community where they will describe why the last cleanup failed and the plan to move forward.
Please bring your questions for EPA and state officials! https://usepa.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/8SlhuBdVTZ-xuoEGnusbZA#/registration
#richmondca #superfund #superfundsite #bayarea #sfbay #sanfranciscobay
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On Tuesday, the EPA will discuss next steps for a San Jacinto Superfund site a year after the agency determined that clean up efforts conducted by the responsible companies were "seriously deficient."
#EnergyEnvironment #News #Epa #SanJacinto #SanJacintoRiver #SuperfundSite
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New Idria Ghost Town in Paicines, California
After the nearby mercury mine shut down, this town was abandoned and declared a Superfund site.
New Idria Ghost Town -
At Montana's Infamous Berkeley Pit, Saving Lives Means Hazing Birds
Engineers and ecologists have considered everything from lasers to cannons to keep waterfowl out of the toxic water.
At Montana's Infamous Berkeley Pit, Saving Lives Means Hazing Birds -
We have this beautiful little lake about ten minutes from where we live, right outside the city of #Syracuse, but it is a toxic cesspool that you can't even swim in. What kind of morons would allow this to happen? Truly a shame.
https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0203382
#SuperfundSite #Superfund #environmentalism #pollution #environment