Effort to Save a Historic Water Tower Put Lead in this North Carolina Town’s Soil

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By By Lisa SorgJun 21, 2024, 1:00 pm322 pts
Chatham County officials didn’t require the company cleaning the tower to capture the flakes and dust that testing shows contain toxic lead and hexavalent chromium. Now the community garden below is closed to protect the public. By Lisa Sorg BYNUM, N.C.—Pitted with rust, an empty water tower looms over this…

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