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Lead pollution at Met Mex Penoles plant sparks massive cleanup
In Torreon Mexico a 250 foot slag heap polluted sheets with dangerous dust harming thousands of children. For 17 years officials did nothing as lead entered bloodstreams, prompting a government plan to evacuate a 20 block zone and bury tainted soil beneath asphalt and imported dirt in Mexico’s largest environmental cleanup.
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