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Progress in Baby Steps: Westside Atlanta Lead Cleanup Slowly Earns Trust With Help From Local Institutions

A historic church in Atlanta’s Vine City community is helping build residents’ trust and bring attention to the environmental health concerns in the area. The historically Black neighborhood is part of a new Superfund site contaminated with lead-tainted soil.

By Aydali Campa

An Emory University student collects a blood sample from Carnetta Jones, right, at Cosmopolitan AME Church on Atlanta's west side on July 30, 2022. The university is studying the community's exposure to lead and other contaminants after high levels of lead were found in the soil of two historically Black neighborhoods. Credit: Lynsey Weatherspoon/Deep Indigo Collective for Inside Climate News
Paint peels from the side of a home along 37th Avenue on Sunday, April 9, 2017, in Oakland, California. Credit: Aric Crabb/Bay Area News via Getty Images

Lead Poisonings of Children in Baltimore Are Down, but Lead Contamination Still Poses a Major Threat, a New Report Says

By Agya K. Aning

The paint chipping from a windowsill contains amounts of lead that are dangerous to children. Credit: MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images

For the Second Time in Four Years, the Ninth Circuit Has Ordered the EPA to Set New Lead Paint and Dust Standards

By Agya K. Aning

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