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Old Crank

(7,190 posts) Tue May 12, 2026, 03:15 AM 13 hrs ago

Heavy metal, and more, contamination found in the dirt removed from the White House

Construction project. This has been dumped onto the DC public golf course.

Contaminants IdentifiedTests on roughly 37,000 cubic yards of debris identified the following:
Toxic Metals: Lead, chromium, arsenic, and mercury.
Chemical Compounds: Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), various pesticides, and petroleum-related compounds.
Contamination Level: These substances were found in concentrations exceeding laboratory reporting limits and baseline levels.

This means that the White House could be found to be a superfund site.

Shut it down and move all the operations to....

Alligator Alcatraz. I hear it is empty or heading that way.

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Heavy metal, and more, contamination found in the dirt removed from the White House (Original Post) Old Crank 13 hrs ago OP

The American people canetoad 12 hrs ago #1

That building is very old. RandySF 12 hrs ago #2

The entire interior was rebuilt during Truman's term sdfernando 11 hrs ago #3

Think of all the construction workers who will get sick from asbestos and other airborne pollution. Multichromatic 10 hrs ago #4

;-{) Soil at golf course where East Wing debris was dumped tests positive for toxic metals Goonch 9 hrs ago #5

It's a case of "chickens coming home to roost". oasis 9 hrs ago #6

Toxic Don strikes again! Blues Heron 9 hrs ago #7

Our future gov'ts only choice purr-rat beauty 8 hrs ago #8

The pesticides and some of that other shit are probably from the golf course. GoCubsGo 8 hrs ago #9

canetoad

(20,967 posts)

1. The American people

Reply to Old Crank (Original post)

Tue May 12, 2026, 03:20 AM

12 hrs ago

Will be paying for the cleanup. Hopefully this will set tsf's ballroom project for several years.

RandySF

(85,941 posts)

2. That building is very old.

Reply to Old Crank (Original post)

Tue May 12, 2026, 04:08 AM

12 hrs ago

I woudn't be surprised if they found asbestos.

sdfernando

(6,098 posts)

3. The entire interior was rebuilt during Truman's term

Reply to RandySF (Reply #2)

Tue May 12, 2026, 04:46 AM

11 hrs ago

From 1949 to 1952. I'm sure they used asbestos back then

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_Reconstruction

Multichromatic

(202 posts)

4. Think of all the construction workers who will get sick from asbestos and other airborne pollution.

Reply to Old Crank (Original post)

Tue May 12, 2026, 05:46 AM

10 hrs ago

Not that Trump or the Republicans care.

Goonch

(5,534 posts)

5. ;-{) Soil at golf course where East Wing debris was dumped tests positive for toxic metals

Reply to Old Crank (Original post)

Tue May 12, 2026, 06:18 AM

9 hrs ago

oasis

(53,913 posts)

6. It's a case of "chickens coming home to roost".

Reply to Old Crank (Original post)

Tue May 12, 2026, 06:23 AM

9 hrs ago

Blues Heron

(9,002 posts)

7. Toxic Don strikes again!

Reply to Old Crank (Original post)

Tue May 12, 2026, 06:51 AM

9 hrs ago

purr-rat beauty

(1,398 posts)

8. Our future gov'ts only choice

Reply to Old Crank (Original post)

Tue May 12, 2026, 07:43 AM

8 hrs ago

Will be to take ALL trump properties and assets to help pay for damages....EVERY fucking last pube.

GoCubsGo

(34,985 posts)

9. The pesticides and some of that other shit are probably from the golf course.

Reply to Old Crank (Original post)

Tue May 12, 2026, 08:02 AM

8 hrs ago

Not saying that most of the toxic waste isn't coming from the illegal dumping of the destroyed White House remains. But, golf courses are toxic waste dumps in and of themselves, thanks to the amounts of pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers that are constantly dumped on them to maintain that lovely, green grass. Just sayin'... (Might be part of the reason they chose do dump it there.)

Personally, I think we need to scrape all of that stuff up, and move it to Trump's nearby Bedford dump.

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