You may have heard a story on National Public Radio that aired the other
day about the continuing Joplin rebuilding efforts, and part of the piece was about the
lead contamination that's been discovered. Here's a link to it in case you
haven't heard it: http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/after-devastating-tornado-joplin-now-faces-lead-contamination-worries-too
Maggie sent a note to Next Step and asked what thoughts/plans/comments/precautions they had about it. Their response is:
Thanks for the email and the concern. This is obviously a serious
discovery over the past months in Joplin. It is something that we have been
aware of and are discussing with our leadership on site. One of the great
blessings at our Joplin site is that we have a very strong team of construction
leaders that have been on the ground in Joplin since the week of the tornado.
Our team is in Joplin on a daily basis and they have been working with this
issue and are up-to-date with the risks associated.
At this point there is no immediate risk to our students or projects due to
the locations and types of projects that we are working on. I will continue to
look into this and learn more as we lead up to your trip and the other 8 trips
we are leading this summer. Thanks for passing on this article and clip, I will
pass it on to our team in Joplin to see if it brings up anything new.
We will continue to make your students safety a priority on our trips and
again, at this point feel very comfortable with the areas your students will be
working.
Please let me know if you have any other questions or concerns come
up...thanks!
Blessings,
Nick
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