Telecom cables (IMAGE)

Oregon State University

Telecom cables

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Lead levels in moss are as much as 600 times higher in older Portland neighborhoods where lead-sheathed telecommunications cables were once used compared to lead levels in rural areas.

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Alyssa Shiel, Oregon State University.

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