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How Connecticut handled the release of lead paint flakes from its bridges

With still no action plan or health advice provided by Maryland or Baltimore after hazardous lead paint was found flaking off a city bridge, we look at another state’s comprehensive response in 2023.

Paint chips falling from Baltimore's 28th Street Bridge test positive for lead

Paint chips that have been falling from the 28th Street Bridge in Baltimore onto Falls Road and into the Jones Falls stream ...

Lead paint chips from North Baltimore bridge contaminating Jones Falls, report finds

Lead paint chips from North Baltimore bridge contaminating Jones Falls, report finds ...
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Paint flakes falling from the 28th Street Bridge contain lead and are hazardous, MDE says

Maryland orders Baltimore officials, who initially denied the chips were lead or posed a hazard, to remove them from the ground and the Jones Falls and to prevent more paint from falling.