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Suburban residents battle noise, lead pollution from busy metro Denver airports

Frequent overflights out of Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport, Centennial Airport cause dismay on the ground

Charlene Willey watches a plane fly over her home in Westminster on Monday, June 26, 2023. Willey, who built the home with her late husband in 1994, said that as the area has grown so has the amount of traffic at the airport. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)
Charlene Willey watches a plane fly over her home in Westminster on Monday, June 26, 2023. Willey, who built the home with her late husband in 1994, said that as the area has grown so has the amount of traffic at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)
DENVER, CO - OCTOBER 2:  Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio.  (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
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Add to the overhead cacophony the fact that many of the planes chew through gallons of fuel laced with lead, the emissions of which can pose a particular hazard to young children, and households at both ends of metro Denver have reached a breaking point.
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