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West Oakland's innovative approach to soil decontamination
<!--subtitle-->Ground fish bone combines with lead to render it safe
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By Suzanne Bohan
Contra Costa Times
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Posted: 08/07/2011 09:17:13 PM PDT
<!--secondary date-->Updated: 08/08/2011 09:25:10 AM PDT
There's something fishy going on in West Oakland.
Rows of bulging white, one-ton sacks of ground fish bone from Alaska are lined up inside a shed in the South Prescott neighborhood. In coming months, workers will till the bones into lead-contaminated soil, where it will bind with the toxic metal as it decays, creating a tiny harmless crystal.
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<!--subtitle-->Ground fish bone combines with lead to render it safe
<!--byline-->
By Suzanne Bohan
Contra Costa Times
<!--date-->
Posted: 08/07/2011 09:17:13 PM PDT
<!--secondary date-->Updated: 08/08/2011 09:25:10 AM PDT
There's something fishy going on in West Oakland.
Rows of bulging white, one-ton sacks of ground fish bone from Alaska are lined up inside a shed in the South Prescott neighborhood. In coming months, workers will till the bones into lead-contaminated soil, where it will bind with the toxic metal as it decays, creating a tiny harmless crystal.
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