Lead testing and soil replacement for Freeport Miami Neighbors.

 For our immediate neighbors (from Miami to Fry's):

Below is the map indicating the eligible neighborhoods, which includes ours, across the street from Freeport's copper smelter. The program proposes to test residential soil to see if it exceeds certain levels of toxins like lead, which is the greatest concern for neighborhood children. If your soil is eligible and is indeed too toxic to keep, they will replace it. Even if you dont have kids yourselves, it will help those in the neighborhood reduce exposure to removed that source of toxic dust.

This is the link to the contact page of the Pinal Valley Soil Program. Let them know if you fall in the map's area you want to be tested. 

This 2022 state lead screening report on Gila county (page 20 here), from the state's public health website, indicates a jump in the number of kids testing positive for lead in 2022 from 2021. it more then doubled. So, please read carefully, then consider getting your soil tested/replaced if toxic, if not for your own family's health, then for that of the other kids in the hood.

The Pinal Valley Soil Program contact person is Julie Ontiveros at 520-240-1608 if you'd rather call for the paperwork needed. 

If you do reach out to get your soil tested, please let me know at resilientseedsrising@gmail.com we want to keep track of the progress in testing and results!