SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (KTXL) \u2014 AT&T\u2019s Pacific Bell company has been ordered to remove roughly 8 miles of abandoned telecommunication lines discovered at the bottom of Lake Tahoe.<\/p>\n
The lines, discovered by divers and brought to authority\u2019s attention by local nonprofit Below the Blue in 2020, had been abandoned by the company over 30 years ago.<\/p>\n
The cables have been leaching toxic lead into the lake for decades, the nonprofit said in a statement Friday. Numerous tests have confirmed the presence of lead \u2014 about 3 pounds per foot, extending 8 miles from Baldwin Beach to Rubicon Bay \u2014 totaling over 60 tons of the heavy metal. […]<\/p>\n
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