Bright orange paint flakes have been drifting off the West 28th Street bridge and landing on Falls Road, the Jones Falls, and the nearby trail, and state tests say those chips are packed with lead and PCBs at dangerously high levels. The Maryland Department of the Environment has now hit Baltimore City with a formal violation after collecting samples beneath the overpass. Environmental advocates who first raised the alarm say the contamination puts park visitors, cyclists and nearby waterways at risk. City officials say they plan to follow up as state regulators sort out what enforcement comes next.
State investigation and the violation
According to The Baltimore Banner, Maryland Department of the Environment investigators documented the scattered…..