Summary

These two articles follow the story of Crawford Middle school. They are both by Drew Kann. Jan 10, 2022, the EPA ordered that a waste site owned by TAV Holdings Inc. stop functions immediately. They were worried about danger to human health in the area (Kann, 2022). Professor Eri Saikawa of Emory University, who four earlier identified an EPA superfund site, believed that this site was also a potential candidate stating that the contamination was “both in the soil and in the water”(Kann, 2022). However, after testing, the EPA did not find that the contamination leaked over into the school zone. As of now, the EPA needs to do further testing. The issue is, some samples from the creek had lead levels 13 times as large as the maximum EPA recommendations. And that creek goes beyond the school. It is still entirely possible that these heavy metals are infiltrating residents’ yards and bodies. Currently, the factory is still operating but not taking in any more scrap metal. I want to include these articles because in the future, this will be history. It may turn out that there were lead levels too high near the school and we didn’t test enough. Maybe, if the factory is allowed to continue processing metal, lead contamination will reach school property. We need preventative actions.