Slab City: Leonard Knight, Salvation Mountain, dies at 82

Roy&Lynne wrote:
Unfortunately, the paint often had lead in it and it really polluted the area.

There is a giant list of stuff that needs to be cleaned up in that desert long before you will ever get to Salvation Mountain! Don't forget- Nearly all paint had lead in it when Leonard started his project. For the last decade he was pretty careful about what donated paint he accepted and how much he would accept.