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Laurie Skrivan
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"Living With Lead"  

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Despite modifications the Doe Run's lead smelter remains out of compliance with federal air monitoring standards causing high lead levels in children and contaminating the town in Herculaneum.
 
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