--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Public News Service-IA > > July 10, 2008 > > Lead Threat Still Exists Years After it was Banned in Paint and Gasoline > > Des Moines, IA - Researchers have long known the health dangers associated > with exposure to lead. It was banned 30 years ago as an additive in paint, > and more recently removed from gasoline and other materials. However, there > are thousands of facilities around the country, including some in Iowa, that > still emit lead into the air. According the Natural Resource Defense > Council, the Dexter Company in Fairfield emits the most lead in the state, > over 10000 pounds a year.
*********** Map of Iowa lead emitters: http://tinyurl.com/5mx492 That's about a pound of lead per person in Fairfield -- that'll put some lead in yer pencil!!
