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An Omaha lead smelter spread dust that seeped into the soil and bodies of many residents for over a century. Focus areas include the Superfund site and neighborhoods east of 72nd Street; Bellevue; Carter Lake and Council Bluffs.

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For more than a century, a smelter spewed lead dust over Omaha.

For decades, the government cleaned it up.

But a shift in guidance from the Trump administration may stop thousands more from potential cleanup, exposing families to the harmful metal.
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The EPA Was Considering a Massive Lead Cleanup in Omaha. Then Trump Shifted Guidance.

The Trump administration says it will speed cleanups, but residents of the largest residential lead Superfund site worry fewer properties will be remediated.

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We found that 11 of Trump’s DOT appointees disclosed between $12 million and $52 million in stock holdings and other financial interests in airlines, railroads, oil and gas corporations, transportation technology firms and other related businesses.

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How Trump’s Transportation Department Is Loosening Safety Rules Meant to Protect the Public

ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, soften or delay safety regulations for cars, trucks, planes, trains and even oil pipelines. Experts say the changes will cost lives.

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So much for #StatesRights

#Trump signs #ExecutiveOrder to neuter #State #AI laws, a win for #tech companies & #billionaires that have #lobbied against #regulation of the #technology.

The order would create one federal regulatory framework for #ArtificialIntelligence, Trump told reporters.

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