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Baby returns high reading even after remediation

Ella Horsfall's yard immediately after it was remediated as part of the abatement program. Pictures: Supplied
Em Jensen

BROKEN HILL mum Ella Horsfall said she doesn’t know if she’ll ever feel safe with her children living here, knowing what she knows now about lead. Ms Horsfall’s one-year-old daughter, Goldie, repeatedly returned extremely high blood-lead level readings. “I had no idea about the lead contamination prior to moving here,” she said. “It wasn’t on […]

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