Brooklyn is home to many great things. But previous manufacturing practices and reduced environmental management have subjected Brooklyn residents to a real hazard. This hazard affects our children, our pets and even adults, even in small quantities. That hazard? Lead. Brooklyn soil has been researched and it’s not looking good for its residents. It appears …
A new report by Reuters finds that lead levels in New York City children’s blood is closely linked to the neighborhood they live in. Some neighborhoods have much higher lead results than others. As New York lead remediation experts we found this article very interesting. We focus on lead and heavy metals in soil. We do …
Here are two articles relevant to lead remediation in New York garden soil. Eco Brooklyn gets a lot of calls from clients with a child on the way and a recently purchased house. They intelligently tested the soil in the garden to be sure it is safe for toddlers and to their dismay they often …
Brooklyn prides itself in its historic buildings, but these same sites pose an often unknown toxicity risk to inhabitants. Although the use of lead products was outlawed decades ago – lead-based paints were taken off the market in 1978 and leaded gasoline was banned in 1989 – lead’s legacy continues to taint Brooklyn’ s soils. …
Today I was removing some lead from a blue-stone slab. In the old days they used to pour molten lead into the slabs to fasten metal hinges to them for coal hatch doors. As somebody who does lead remediation in soil I had some confidence I could do it safely but probably because I have an over-reactive imagination I started …
We have these old rickety stairs in the show house. They are good craftsmanship but have had to endure a hundred years of big Italian boys bouncing up and down them. And they are old, old and tired. We need to keep them, though, because the space is too steep and windy to be accepted …
