EPA, DEQ, Panhandle Health Celebrate 50 Years of Protecting Children From Lead Poisoning
May 16, 2024
May 16, 2024
WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on May 15, 2024:
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Basin Environmental Improvement Project Commission are celebrating decades of work to protect Silver Valley children from lead poisoning after the infamous 1973 Bunker Hill smelter baghouse fire, the worst lead poisoning event in U.S. history. The work has made the Silver Valley a much healthier place to live, work, and play. . . .
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Basin Environmental Improvement Project Commission are celebrating decades of work to protect Silver Valley children from lead poisoning after the infamous 1973 Bunker Hill smelter baghouse fire, the worst lead poisoning event in U.S. history. The work has made the Silver Valley a much healthier place to live, work, and play. . . .