Herculaneum's lead levels declared 'urgent hazard'

Wednesday, February 27, 2002

ST. LOUIS -- Calling the situation an "urgent public health hazard," state health officials released a report Tuesday that said about 28 percent of Herculaneum's children have elevated levels of lead in their blood. In the part of the 2,800-resident town closer to the nation's largest lead smelter, that number is about 45 percent.

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