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Tag Archives: Colorado Smelter
EPA Grant Will Bring Gardens To Pueblo Homes Impacted By The Colorado Smelter Superfund Site
New gardens will sprout soon in south Pueblo’s Colorado Smelter Superfund site. It’s an area where toxic lead- and arsenic-contaminated soil is being removed from hundreds of properties. A $50,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency is funding a project … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, Environment, health, KRCC, Reported Story
Tagged Colorado Smelter, pueblo, Superfund
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Plan Aims To Inject Opportunity Into South Pueblo’s Colorado Smelter Superfund Site
A plan is underway to bring new life to south Pueblo residential and commercial areas affected by the Colorado Smelter Superfund project. The revitalization, a collaboration with federal, state and local agencies, is based on community input and has been in the works for about five years. … Continue reading
Slag Pile Cleanup At Colorado Smelter Superfund Site In Pueblo May Be Delayed
The Environmental Protection Agency may not have funding next year for a portion of the clean up at the Colorado Smelter Superfund site in south Pueblo. This project targets toxic lead and arsenic left behind when the former smelter closed more than a century … Continue reading
Posted in Colorado Public Radio, KRCC, Reported Story
Tagged Colorado Smelter, pueblo, Superfund
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Head Of EPA Visits Pueblo’s Colorado Smelter Superfund Site
EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler was in Pueblo Monday to talk about the Colorado Smelter Superfund site SHANNA LEWIS / KRCC Environmental Protection Agency administrator Andrew Wheeler visited the Colorado Smelter Superfund site in Pueblo on Monday, July 27. Some 1,900 south Pueblo … Continue reading
EPA Seeks Comment on Colorado Smelter Superfund Cleanup Plan in Pueblo
The Environmental Protection Agency is requesting public comment on a proposed interim plan to begin clean up in the Colorado Smelter Superfund site in south Pueblo. The clean up addresses toxic lead and arsenic left behind when the smelter closed … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, health, KRCC, Reported Story
Tagged Colorado Smelter, pueblo, Superfund
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Normal Toxin Levels at Two Parks in Colorado Smelter Superfund Area in Pueblo
Toxin levels at two south Pueblo parks within the Colorado Smelter Superfund area are normal, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Lead and arsenic were left behind when a south Pueblo smelter ceased operations in 1908. EPA toxicologist Charles Partridge … Continue reading
19 Pueblo Homes Test Positive For Lead Contamination
A number of homes near Pueblo’s Colorado Smelter Superfund site have tested positive for lead contamination, the Environmental Protection Agency said Monday. The EPA tested outdoor soil and indoor dust at 102 homes. Nineteen had high lead levels. Steve Wharton, … Continue reading
Posted in Colorado Public Radio, Environment, health, KRCC, Reported Story
Tagged Colorado Smelter, EPA, pueblo
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EPA Samples Soil At Pueblo Superfund Site
Last month the Environmental Protection Agency began sampling soil at the first 100 properties in the Colorado Smelter Superfund site in Pueblo. The tests measure lead and arsenic levels. The toxins were deposited by a smelter that ceased operations in 1908. EPA … Continue reading
Results of blood work and soil testing done in the area of the Colorado Smelter Superfund site in Pueblo were released this week. Toxins were found.
Results of blood work and soil testing done in the area of the former Colorado Smelter Superfund site in Pueblo were released this week. Toxins were found. One hundred and thirty-five people considered most at risk for exposure to lead … Continue reading
When The Superfund Site In Your Backyard Isn’t Your First Priority
When the Environmental Protection Agency puts a neighborhood on its Superfund list, you’d think everyone who lives there would be at all the public meetings. But, Michael Wenstrom of the EPA’s environmental justice program says it’s more complicated than usual … Continue reading
Posted in Colorado Matters, Colorado Public Radio, Environment
Tagged Colorado Smelter, EPA, michael wenstrom, pueblo, ryan warner, sabrina forrest, Superfund
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