Another Bureaucracy Gets the Lead Out
An organization in Helena, Mont., has been in the same building for more than a decade. Recently, however, lead levels in areas of the building have been measured as high as 40 times the federal standard for safety. The organization: the state’s Department of Environmental Quality. “The irony is not lost on us,” DEQ Director Tracy Stone-Manning said. Employees were put on paid leave and tested for lead poisoning while the DEQ looks for a new home. Officials are also investigating why it took so long to discover the problem. (MS/Helena Independent Record) ...Simple: they’re moving at the speed of government.Original Publication Date: 17 November 2013
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