DELTA LEAD EXPOSURE
WEST OF TOLEDO, THERE ARE NEW DETAILS AMID AN INVESTIGATION INTO LEAD CONTAMINATION IN FULTON COUNTY.
A MOTHER IN DELTA SAYS HER CHILDREN TESTED WITH ELEVATED LEVELS OF LEAD MONTHS BEOFRE THE OHIO EPA GOT INVOLVED. AIR SAMPLES BACK IN NOVEMBER FOUND ELEVATED LEAD LEVELS AFTER CREWS DEMOLISHED THE FORMER BUNTING BEARINGS LEAD PROCESSING FACILITY. EVA MOORE HAS LIVED NEAR THE SITE FOR NEARLY 15 YEARS. SHE SAYS A DOCTOR FOUND ELEVATTED LEAD LEVELS IN HER 3-YEAR-OLD SON LAST SPRING. HER 2-YEAR-OLD ALSO TESTED HIGH MONTHS LATER. IT IS STILL NOT CLEAR WHETHER THE DEMOLITION CAUSED THE ELEVATED LEAD LEVELS.