Removing High Lead from Low Income Community

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Experts disagree on what is the safest method to clean up lead- contaminated soil, and some attempts to remove it can end up spreading it around. A new effort in Dorchester, Massachusetts, a neighborhood of Boston, aims to “cover-up” the problem in a way that benefits residents. From member station W-B-U-R, Toni Randolph explains.

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