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“Thither were brought the dead dogs and cats, and the kitchen garbage and … duly dumped. This festering, rotten mess was picked over by rag-pickers and wallowed over by pigs,

The study emphasizes the need for increased monitoring and mitigation efforts in many cities across the United States and Canada.

Many cities in the United States and Canada burnt their rubbish and waste in municipal incinerators during much of the last century.

Municipal waste incinerators' legacy of contamination could live on in urban soils, finds a study on lead in city parks.

A new Duke University study finds that municipal waste incinerators' legacy of contamination could live on in urban soils.

The first round of University-Wide Collaboration Grants on Climate Change will fund eight Duke University faculty teams to lay the groundwork for new research on climate change and its impacts. The teams will investigate topics including planetary engineering, climate justice, low-carbon heating and cooling methods, lithium mining, agricultural histories, coastal resilience, and the impacts of extreme weather on forest ecosystems.

 E-Mail DURHAM, N.C. - Decades after federal bans ended widespread use of lead in paint and gasoline, some urban soils still contain levels of the highly toxic metal that exceed federal safety guidelines for children, a Duke University study finds. To conduct their study, the researchers analyzed and mapped soil lead concentrations along 25 miles of streets in Durham, N.C., a city of about 270,000 people. They found that while soil lead levels have generally decreased since the 1970s, they ha...

Decades after federal bans ended widespread use of lead in paint and gasoline, some urban soils still contain levels that exceed federal safety guidelines for children, a new study finds. Researchers analyzed and mapped soil lead concentrations along 25 miles of streets in Durham, North Carolina, a city of about 270,000 people. They found that while soil lead levels have generally decreased since the 1970s, they have decreased much less near residential foundations than along streets. The resea...