596 Acres was one of the founding members of the Legacy Lead Consortium for NYC! Lead is concentrated in urban environments, a legacy of human practices that traditionally used this element in paint, gasoline, insulation, and numerous other [...]
596 Acres is part of the Legacy Lead Consortium for NYC! This spring, we launched a pilot set of signs to remind New Yorkers that we are all remediators of a legacy of lead in the built environment, and [...]
Lead is a fact in the urban environment, and a legacy of past practices that allowed its use in products like paint and gasoline. Contamination from these and other sources continues to impact New York’s environmental justice communities. In [...]
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