Heavy metal, and more, contamination found in the dirt removed from the White House

[Old Crank]

Construction project. This has been dumped onto the DC public golf course.

Contaminants IdentifiedTests on roughly 37,000 cubic yards of debris identified the following:
Toxic Metals: Lead, chromium, arsenic, and mercury.
Chemical Compounds: Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), various pesticides, and petroleum-related compounds.
Contamination Level: These substances were found in concentrations exceeding laboratory reporting limits and baseline levels.

This means that the White House could be found to be a superfund site.

Shut it down and move all the operations to....

Alligator Alcatraz. I hear it is empty or heading that way.

[canetoad]

1. The American people

Will be paying for the cleanup. Hopefully this will set tsf's ballroom project for several years.

[RandySF]

2. That building is very old.

I woudn't be surprised if they found asbestos.

[sdfernando]

3. The entire interior was rebuilt during Truman's term

From 1949 to 1952. I'm sure they used asbestos back then

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_Reconstruction

[Multichromatic]

4. Think of all the construction workers who will get sick from asbestos and other airborne pollution.

Not that Trump or the Republicans care.

[Goonch]

5. ;-{) Soil at golf course where East Wing debris was dumped tests positive for toxic metals

[oasis]

6. It's a case of "chickens coming home to roost".

[Blues Heron]

7. Toxic Don strikes again!

[purr-rat beauty]

8. Our future gov'ts only choice

Will be to take ALL trump properties and assets to help pay for damages....EVERY fucking last pube.

[GoCubsGo]

9. The pesticides and some of that other shit are probably from the golf course.

Not saying that most of the toxic waste isn't coming from the illegal dumping of the destroyed White House remains. But, golf courses are toxic waste dumps in and of themselves, thanks to the amounts of pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers that are constantly dumped on them to maintain that lovely, green grass. Just sayin'... (Might be part of the reason they chose do dump it there.)

Personally, I think we need to scrape all of that stuff up, and move it to Trump's nearby Bedford dump.