Treece News

Treece is in Kansas and it's a toxic town. The Treece truth is in the result: nature gives no free lunch.

WASHINGTON, DC Congress has approved legislation, to be signed into law by President Obama, to provide the Environmental Protection Agency the authority to buyout Treece, KS.

A bill that would authorize the federal government to buy out and relocate remaining residents of Treece, Kan., has cleared Congress and is headed to President Obama, according to a release issued this evening by the office of U.S. Sen.

Dear Bill Blunk and the Residents of Treece, Kansas, I'm sorry for your plight. If you haven't heard , Treece, Kansas is seeking a federal government bailout similar to the one received by their neighboring town, Picher, Oklahoma.

Treece resident Holly Bruner and her 2-year-old son Trenton participated in a town meeting with a delegation from the EPA on a tour of Treece.

Treece resident Holly Bruner and her 2-year-old son Trenton participated in a town meeting with a delegation from the EPA on a tour of Treece.

Results of blood tests done on residents of Treece, Kan. on Sept. 8 and 9 found that the residents "are consistently exposed to environmental lead hazards," according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.

Treece residents are consistently exposed to environmental lead hazards, and children in the community from birth to age 6 are three times as likely as children elsewhere in the state to have high levels of lead in their blood.

The U.S. Senate approves an amendment that gives the Environmental Protection Agency the authority to buyout Treece, Kansas.

Residents of Treece, Kan., say they welcome blood tests and air monitors to test for lead, because they believe it means they are being heard.

Mayor Bill Blunk sees no reason for sugar-coating his opinion when asked to describe this town.

About three-fourths of the residents of this town lined up at their City Hall on Tuesday night to find out whether they have lead poisoning from the decades of mining here.

Mathy Stanislaus, EPA's assistant administrator of solid waste and emergency response, listens to Treece residents talk about the problems left by the town's mining past.

With her oxygen tank in tow, Kathryn Peters walked to Treece City Hall on Wednesday to have her blood tested for lead poisoning.

Residents in the toxic Kansas town of Treece are finally seeing action. Health officials will test adults and children for possible lead poisoning Tuesday.

The EPA is taking action in one Cherokee County town by putting air monitors that will test for lead and other metals in the town of Treece.

Residents of the town of Treece asked the federal government for help. That help will now come in air and blood tests.

Residents of Treece will be tested for lead poisoning next week, in response to concerns expressed to high-level federal officials who recently visited the contaminated southeast Kansas community.

The Environmental Protection Agency will place air monitors in Treece, Kan., in September to test for lead and other metals.

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