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Lead levels in soil near

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The Environmental Protection Agency tested 14 city and
school sites near the Exide Technologies Inc. battery-recycling

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plant for lead. The results reflect lead in parts per million Maple
(ppm) in whole soil as well as in dust samples. The EPA’s FM720 Main Waln

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regulatory standard for lead is 400 ppm in whole soil. Some Frisco Oak
samples were retested multiple times. Experts say that lead is Square

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not uniform in soil, and the wide range of lead levels within the Elm
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same sample is typical in this type of testing. Frisco

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Test site Whole soil Dust

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1 Acker Special Ash
Programs Center 37.5 156
Cotton Gin 9 1
retest 39 85
2 Beavers Bend Park 14.8 545
Frisco
retest* 135 16.4 Discovery
3 Bright Elementary 18.6 216 Center 13
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4 Caddo Trail 27.3 57.8 3

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6 First Street Park 144 428
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retest* 20.3 182

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7 Frisco Heritage Center 37.7 189 Frisco
8 Frisco High School 18.3 1100 Da
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retest* 20.8 21.5 (Closed)
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9 Frisco ISD Child
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10 Frisco Police
Headquarters 28.7 66.9
11 Gallegos Park 69.6 200
12 Grand Park 71.2 224
13 Oakbrook Park 24.6 51.7
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* Denotes retests done on city of Frisco samples at a different lab
SOURCE: Environmental Protection Agency Staff graphic