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Policies to reduce lead poisoning in Baltimore's children have, thus far, focused on lead-based paint in housing; therefore, total responsibility and liability have rested on residential housing landlords. Recent studies, however, are indicating that Baltimore and Maryland state officials are overlooking a major source of toxic lead in Baltimore's environment : the soil.
Academic researchers are finding that soil-lead concentrations in old communities of large cities such as Baltimore is 10 to 100 times greater than comparable neighborhoods of smaller cities. In addition, soil-lead concentrations diminish with distance from a city center. For example, in the inner city of Baltimore, where soil-lead concentrations are highest, Baltimore had mostly unpainted brick buildings, since its inner city underwent a large fire in 1904. On reconstruction, the new building codes required the use of fireproof (thus, brick) construction materials. The sites of old housing constructed with lead painted wood siding are located in outlying parts of the city, where the lead content of the soils is lowest.
Since Baltimore is a large metropolitan East Coast city which historically boomed with a heavy industrial-plant presence which used abundant amounts of lead --- and since lead is a heavy earth metal (Atomic Number 82) which is renowned for its long life span --- it makes sense that over time large amounts of lead would settle in Baltimore's soil. <more>
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