Cities like Baltimore Still Suffer From the Toxic Legacy of Lead Contamination

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Cities like Baltimore Still Suffer From the Toxic Legacy of Lead Contamination

Cities like Baltimore Still Suffer From the Toxic Legacy of Lead Contamination

May 7, 2015 | TIME

Before Freddie Gray suffered a fatal injury at the hands of the police, the Maryland native was allegedly the victim of lead poisoning

The Sandtown neighborhood of Baltimore has all the markers of the depressed inner city. Unemployment is high, drug abuse is rampant and many houses are vacant and dilapidated. Less apparent—but equally insidious—is the prevalence of lead poisoning. [...]

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