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U of M removing toxic waste from family student housing site

By Chris Steller | 11.17.09 | 1:55 pm

Starting in 1947, thousands of young families have lived on four Southeast Minneapolis city blocks, in housing provided by the University of Minnesota. But it wasn’t until last year that anyone raised the alarm that the land many of those families have called home appears to be a toxic waste dump.