The EPA Responds to Arsenic in Minneapolis
Courtesy of the EPA
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency and its contractors have completed the
latest round of arsenic sampling at about 3,000 properties this summer and are
in the process of sending out results. EPA contractors took an average of two
samples per property looking for evidence of arsenic soil contamination. Many
properties in the South Minneapolis neighborhood were contaminated by pollution
coming from the nearby former industrial area known as the CMC Heartland Lite
Yard site.
In an effort to protect the health of neighborhood residents,
EPA requested the sampling contractor first review and report soil arsenic
results for any samples above the 95 parts per million level. As you may recall,
the 95 parts per million (ppm) level is the threshold for taking some safety
precautions to prevent arsenic exposure. In late August EPA received preliminary
sampling data indicating more than 130 properties in the neighborhood may
contain arsenic in the soil above the 95 ppm level.
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