The Long Fight Against Toxins in One Neighborhood

By: Mikki Morrissette and Priscilla Trinh

Outlets: Minnesota Women's Press

Published: August 26, 2026

Words: 1,555

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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When Cassandra Holmes was growing up in the East Phillips neighborhood and Little Earth community of Minneapolis, she didn’t realize that the community around her was designated a Superfund site because of a 1938 arsenic contamination event in the soil. Additional local industry and vehicle emissions — especially from the now-closed Smith Foundry and Bituminous Roadways — contributed to toxins. One area began to be known by residents as the “Arsenic Triangle.”

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