Barb asks: > If anyone out there has more historical information as > to why removing lead from homes has not been and is > not as high a priority as insulating people's homes > for airplane noise, I would like to know. It just > doesn't seem right. Lead removal deserves to take at > least the same priority.
I can't offer history, but I can offer an observational theory. In addition to the class factor, airport pollution (noise) is created immediately by a very obvious polluter (the airlines). So it's easy to make the polluter pay (levying airline fees on the airlines' customers). Lead pollution was created many years ago by polluters who may or may not be out of business. It's harder to track down historic polluters - one reason why the feds created Superfund for toxic sites (though that solution hasn't always worked so well.) So bottom line is airport-noise-remediation money is easier to get than lead-abatement money. David Brauer King Field TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
