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11:02 am
Wed August 31, 2011

Washington University cited for lead paint violation

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The Environmental Protection Agency is fining Washington University for failing to tell tenants about lead paint hazards in some of its married student housing units. The violation will cost the university close to $28,000.

The civil settlement involves three rental apartments northeast of Washington University’s Danforth campus.

The consent agreement says that between 2008 and 2010, the university failed to tell student tenants about previous citations for lead paint violations from the City of St. Louis Health Department.

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11:49 pm
Tue August 9, 2011

EPA says north St. Louis residents near Carter Carburetor plant are safe from pollutants

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Credit (Véronique LaCapra, St. Louis Public Radio)
The Carter Carburetor plant spans an entire city block and has been vacant since 1984.
Credit (Véronique LaCapra, St. Louis Public Radio)
The Herbert Hoover Boys & Girls Club sits directly across the street from the former Carter Carburetor plant.
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The Environmental Protection Agency says testing near the old Carter Carburetor plant in north St. Louis shows offsite contamination is too low to cause health problems.

The EPA tested air, soil, and sediments in a one-block radius around the plant for PCBs, dioxins, and other industrial pollutants.

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