Urban parks built on former waste incineration sites could be lead hotspots, study finds
Surface-soil Pb heat maps of (a) East End Park, (b) Walltown Park, and (c) East Durham Park in Durham, North Carolina. In (a) East End Park, “T” marks hard-surface tennis courts, and “SS” is the city’s abandoned Sign and Signal Shop, the latter surrounded by fencing with locked gates indicated by black lines. In (b)
Nancie Serna
September 13, 2023