Lead contamination blamed on a mountain of shingles at a Southeast Dallas site is actually linked to an industrial plant that operated there in the 1970s and '80s. City leaders are worried that the surrounding neighborhood may also be contaminated.
Southeast Dallas residents who live near the former Shingle Mountain site want the city council to approve a $2 million cleanup of toxic lead and arsenic contamination.
Lead contamination blamed on a mountain of shingles at a Southeast Dallas site is actually linked to an industrial plant that operated there in the 1970s and '80s. City leaders are worried that the surrounding neighborhood may also be contaminated.
Neighborhood group calls for more area testing after lead is found at former Shingle Mountain site
Residents hope the site becomes a neighborhood park after remediation takes place.
The property where Shingle Mountain sat sits empty on Wednesday, June 9, 2021, in Dallas. (Juan Figueroa/The Dallas Morning News)(Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer)
7:13 PM on Aug 2, 2021 CDT
A southern Dallas neighborhood group is calling for more contaminant testing around the former site of 100,000 tons of discarded roofing materials known as Shingle Mountain after an environmental assessment found lead levels in the soil three times the minimum required for a cleanup, per state residential standards.