http://riverhillstraveler.com/blog/2009/04/16/epa-dedicates-10-25-million-to-madison-co/ News and comment about the Missouri Outdoors Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:38:46 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://riverhillstraveler.com/blog/2009/04/16/epa-dedicates-10-25-million-to-madison-co/comment-page-1/#comment-3619 Ozarkette Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:26:21 +0000 http://riverhillstraveler.com/blog/2009/04/16/epa-dedicates-10-25-million-to-madison-co/#comment-3619 While it's excellent that Madison County will benefit from some of that federal money to put a little more space between people and old tailings some of which contain refined lead, the EPA can be a little crazy about southern Missouri. Most of the counties contain some natural lead at the surface because nature put it there. Man concentrated it, to be sure, especially in the old lead belt and the new lead belt and the tri-state lead region and by the smelters. But I've heard some people say that they want to get all the lead out of southern Missouri. They can throw all the money in the world at it, and tha's not gonna happen. So I hope they get the lead out of those kid's yards and all, but without a big fence around half the state the prettiest half by the way we're still gonna have to deal with lead here. While it’s excellent that Madison County will benefit from some of that federal money to put a little more space between people and old tailings some of which contain refined lead, the EPA can be a little crazy about southern Missouri. Most of the counties contain some natural lead at the surface because nature put it there. Man concentrated it, to be sure, especially in the old lead belt and the new lead belt and the tri-state lead region and by the smelters.
But I’ve heard some people say that they want to get all the lead out of southern Missouri. They can throw all the money in the world at it, and tha’s not gonna happen. So I hope they get the lead out of those kid’s yards and all, but without a big fence around half the state the prettiest half by the way we’re still gonna have to deal with lead here.

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