D.C. golf course soil contains toxic metals after East Wing debris dumping
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Updated · The New York Times · May 4
D.C. golf course soil contains toxic metals after East Wing debris dumping
8 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 4
National Park Service data showed lead, chromium and other metals at East Potomac Golf Links near the Jefferson Memorial, where Trump administration demolition debris from the White House East Wing was dumped.
The agency said contamination levels were relatively low, but the findings intensify scrutiny of the decision to bypass environmental laws when truckloads of mud, rebar and plaster were deposited there.
The results bolster a lawsuit by the DC Preservation League and others, who say the dumping was unlawful and hazardous, amid a broader fight over plans to remake the 105-year-old public course.
What toxic risks linger in a public park's soil after untested White House demolition debris was dumped there?
Will transforming a historic public course into a 'world-class' facility price out the local community it was built for?
Can a historic public space be legally remade using untested debris under a 'landscaping' exemption?