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Dangerous Amounts Of Lead, Arsenic Found At Little League Field

Families of little leaguers are furious.

(CBS Chicago)

CHICAGO (CBS) — It has been a summertime gathering spot in Hegewisch for more than half a century, but beginning Tuesday, the Little League field in the neighborhood became an active Environmental Protection Agency cleanup site.

It is all because of dangerous amounts of arsenic and lead in the soil. And as CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reported, Little League families are understandably distraught.

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