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Omaha’s Lead Cleanup: Who’s Checking Back? | Omaha News
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Omaha’s got the nation’s largest residential lead Superfund site — a legacy of a century of factory dumping that’s cost the government hundreds of millions to clean up. But here’s the problem: no one’s checking if the soil stays safe. Cleanup happens once, then it’s forgotten. That’s why investigative reporter Chris Bowling took his findings national on “Here & Now,” exposing how residents — especially kids — remain at risk without proper follow-up testing or long-term oversight.
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