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Lead contamination risk near Notre-Dame cathedral
On the night of April 15, horrified onlookers in Paris and across the world watched as fire devastated the city’s iconic Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral. Immediately after the fire, cathedral restoration was the focus. It was not until April 27 that the Parisian police issued a warning to local residents. Tests by the police’s central laboratory found high levels of neurotoxic lead dust in the immediate area around the church. Concerns about the lead-clad spire and cathedral framing had been voiced earlier by the environmental advocacy group Robin des Bois. But the original advice was that the 300 metric tons of cladding would have melted and fallen into the building. “I, like everybody else, just assumed the lead would melt and pour all the way down to the bottom of the cathedral,” says Mike Anderson, a materials chemist at the UK’s University of Manchester. “But it quickly became apparent that
Police advise residents to clean with wet wipes after finding lead particles released by cathedral fire
10.1021/cen-09718-polcon3-notredame-gr1
Lead that coated Notre-Dame cathedral's spire and roof framing was released to the environment when the cathedral burned last month. (Credit: Thierry Mallet/SIPA/Newscom)
Lead contamination risk near Notre-Dame cathedral
On the night of April 15, horrified onlookers in Paris and across the world watched as fire devastated the city’s iconic Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral. Immediately after the fire, cathedral restoration was the focus. It was not until April 27 that the Parisian police issued a warning to local residents. Tests by the police’s central laboratory found high levels of neurotoxic lead dust in the immediate area around the church. Concerns about the lead-clad spire and cathedral framing had been voiced earlier by the environmental advocacy group Robin des Bois. But the original advice was that the 300 metric tons of cladding would have melted and fallen into the building. “I, like everybody else, just assumed the lead would melt and pour all the way down to the bottom of the cathedral,” says Mike Anderson, a materials chemist at the UK’s University of Manchester. “But it quickly became apparent that
Police advise residents to clean with wet wipes after finding lead particles released by cathedral fire
10.1021/cen-09718-polcon3-notredame-gr1
Lead that coated Notre-Dame cathedral's spire and roof framing was released to the environment when the cathedral burned last month. (Credit: Thierry Mallet/SIPA/Newscom)
Lead contamination risk near Notre-Dame cathedral
Chemical & Engineering News ; 97 ; 6
2019-05-06
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