The EPA Heralds Its Omaha Cleanup as a Success, But Many Yards Still Have Toxic Levels of Lead The recent soil tests conducted by the Flatwater Free Press and ProPublica in Omaha, Nebraska, reveal that nearly 1 in 10 yards marked as "remediated" still contain toxic levels of lead.
This finding is a stark reminder of the government's failure to adequately address this issue.
For Mary Royers and thousands of other Omaha residents, the EPA's cleanup efforts have been nothing more than a hollow promise.