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The Hoboken factory Umicore has sent a letter to 230 families that they are ready to buy their homes. These are the first steps now that the lead levels in the blood of the children in the neighborhood are too high. In June, the director spoke of expropriations, but it is already clear that it would only concern people who want to leave voluntarily.
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In Moretusburg, the residential area next to the Umicore factory on the outskirts of Antwerp, half of the children have too much lead in their blood. Twenty children have double the allowable amount …
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