AllegroRondo
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Mon Dec-11-06 10:05 AM
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Changes to Fed. lead air standards would decimate Herculaneum |
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http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/F20416D2056BA36D862572410013EB13?OpenDocument30 miles south of St Louis is the countries only operating primary lead smelter - and one of two areas that does not meet the EPA standard for lead. Bush now wants to eliminate the EPA standard for lead, effectively taking this company off the hook for contaminating the area with high lead concentrations.
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