Two other soccer fields — one used by youth soccer and one by adult teams from Liga Mexicana — were safe enough to remain open; they will be among the last cleaned, by spring 2023. Many soccer parents had their children tested for lead, though no mandatory testing was ordered. Mr. O’Donnell said his own children and many in the league were tested, and no elevated levels were found as far as he knows. But Mr. Bazemore, who has since tried to organize the community, said many of the children in the housing projects were never tested. And since the fields have been capped and resodded, the chances of recent lead exposure is very low.

Source: New York Times May 04, 2018 09:00 UTC