Lead Exposure To Many In Frisco
The Dallas Morning News recently reported:
Thousands of people in the heart of Frisco are exposed to toxic lead pollution from a battery recycling plant that wants to expand production.
Concern was raised due to increased lead emissions noticed in the air quality.
The article states:
that even low levels of lead can pose serious health risks especially in children. Frisco has a lead smelter right in the middle of town. The plant was originally built in 1964 and acquired by Exide Technologies in 2000.
The article states:
The Frisco plant crushes used automotive and industrial batteries, uses heat to extract the lead and converts it into lead oxide to make recycled batteries. The process releases some of the lead into the environment.
It seems that in the past Frisco has had to deal with other lead issues because of the smelter. In 1992:
it was found that battery pieces had been used as fill decades earlier in building a parking lot, company officials worked with the city to clean up the contaminated material. And later, when contaminated water from the plant's operations made its way to the city's Stewart Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant, the company took responsibility for containment and cleanup.
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