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10.27.2009 9:01 pm

Time to end Doe Run’s serial contamination cycle.

R.J. Matson/Post-Dispatch

R.J. Matson/Post-Dispatch

The Doe Run Company has been operating a giant lead smelter in Herculaneum for decades. For just as long, elevated lead levels have been found in people, properties and roads around it.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Missouri Department…

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10.20.2008 9:00 pm

Tuesday editorial: Small victories on airborne lead

A child plays inside one of 130 homes near Doe Run Company's Herculaneum Smelter that were bought out and destroyed in this 2003 file photo.

A view of Doe Run Company's Herculaneum smelter, 2003 file photo

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week drastically cut the amount of lead permitted in the air around lead smelters and mines. That’s good news for Missouri and for Jefferson County…

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