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TexasTowelie

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Mon Dec 5, 2016, 04:02 AM Dec 2016

National Guard inaction exposes communities to lead

In a former Montana National Guard armory where more than 20 workers got sick, lead-laced dust bunnies the size of tangerines clogged the ventilation system.

In two Oregon armories where parents unwittingly let infants crawl, the neurotoxin blanketed floors at levels as high as 10 times the federal safety standard.

In a Wisconsin armory classroom where pregnant women and mothers with infants learned about nutrition, the poisonous powder coated a desktop.

Hundreds of armories across the United States have been contaminated by dangerous amounts of lead dust, an 18-month investigation by The Oregonian/OregonLive has found.

Read more: http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/page/visitors_soldiers_children_exposed_to_lead_dust_in_armories.html

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National Guard inaction exposes communities to lead (Original Post) TexasTowelie Dec 2016 OP
K&R.. :( thanks TT Cha Dec 2016 #1
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