"Fundreds" project aims to clean up lead contamination in New Orleans

When lead poisoning is in the news, it’s usually because a child has been exposed to a high level of lead, generally from swallowing an object, like peeling paint.

But New Orleans has a different, and much bigger problem that exposes hundreds of thousand of people to low levels of lead poisoning.

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, when soil’s lead content is above 400 parts per million, it’s considered hazardous. In New Orleans’ soil, the median lead content is 1000 parts per million.

Reporter Eve Abram, says the Fundreds project is trying to solve this massive environmental problem, with art.