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The EPA Heralds Its Omaha Cleanup as a Success. But We Found Many Yards Still Have Toxic Levels of Lead.

The agency spent hundreds of millions on lead remediation in Omaha, Nebraska, home of the nation’s largest residential Superfund site. New soil tests by the Flatwater Free Press and ProPublica show that many yards still have harmful levels of lead.

ProPublica By Chris Bowling, Cassandra Garibay, Destiny Herbers, and Leah Keinama Aug 4, 2026, 9:00 AM Captured Aug 4, 2026, 1:58 PM

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Over the Limit: One in 10 Omaha yards we tested that the EPA cleaned up still has enough lead in the dirt to be over the agency’s threshold.

Nearby Toxins: Nearly all previously remediated homes the news organizations’ testing found to have excessive levels had a neighbor whose yard tested high but was never cleaned up.

New Levels: Nearly a quarter of east Omaha yards we tested surpass a new lead level set by Trump’s EPA that could trigger more cleanup.

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Framing report

Origin wording grade

C 32/100 risk

Grade C reflects 32/100 framing risk from decision pressure, sweeping generalization; each finding below is tied to stored wording.

Report confidence: 85%
Content format: unknown
Evidence findings: 3
Sentences checked: 113
Method: origin-framing-v2

Outlet context is separate left (-65, 60% confidence). This profile does not change the article grade.

Editorial review recommendedArticle genre is uncertain.

Evidence behind the grade

Decision pressurebody

+12 · 82% confidence

An expert must have tested the dirt and determined the problem was solved, she thought.

The wording urges a conclusion or action rather than only describing the reported facts.

Sweeping generalizationbody

+10 · 78% confidence

Nearby Toxins: Nearly all previously remediated homes the news organizations’ testing found to have excessive levels had a neighbor whose yard tested high but was never cleaned up.

The wording makes a broad claim that may exceed the evidence described in the sentence.

Sweeping generalizationbody

+10 · 78% confidence

A yard down the street that had high lead levels was never remediated.

The wording makes a broad claim that may exceed the evidence described in the sentence.

Useful context, not penalties

Genre not confidently identified 1
The format is disclosed because framing cues can function differently outside a conventional reported article.
Attributed claims 3
Attribution helps readers distinguish a source's claim from the article narrator's own assertion.

But her yard, like thousands of others, had been cleaned up, the neighbor said.
Uncertainty qualifiers 1
Qualifiers such as may, might, or reportedly are disclosed as technique but do not add framing-risk points by themselves.

New Levels: Nearly a quarter of east Omaha yards we tested surpass a new lead level set by Trump’s EPA that could trigger more cleanup.

What this grade does and does not mean

This grade evaluates wording and reader-steering cues, not factual accuracy.
The outlet's general profile is separate context and does not affect this article grade.
Potential omissions require comparison with other reporting and are not graded from one article alone.