WASHINGTON, April 20 (UPI) -- Neighborhoods near former U.S. lead factories have dirt so contaminated with lead dust children should not be playing in it, an investigation found.
A series of soil tests conducted by USA Today found potentially dangerous lead levels in parts of all 21 neighborhoods examined across 13 states, in some areas as much as five to 10 times higher than what the Environmental Protection Agency considers hazardous to children, the newspaper reported Friday.