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Residents urge city to test more parks after toxic soil results at Gold Star Mothers Park
Summary
At the Oct. 6 Cambridge City Council meeting, residents pressed the city to test other neighborhood playgrounds after published soil tests showed very high levels of lead, cadmium, arsenic and other contaminants at Gold Star Mothers Park, which the city closed earlier.
Catherine Ahern, a resident of 13 Seventh Street, told the Cambridge City Council on Oct. 6 that published soil tests for Gold Star Mothers Park showed “multiple levels of toxins” far above commonly cited safety charts and that the city’s closure of the park, while needed, left families uncertain where children can play safely.
Ahern said the city’s September 11 results showed lead concentrations in the Gold Star playground area as high as 8,200 parts per million, cadmium as high as 210 parts per million, arsenic at 100 parts per million and other contaminants…
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