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State proposes $67 million to clean toxic parkways near former Exide battery plant
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe now-closed Exide Technologies lead-acid battery recycling plant in Vernon, shown in 2020. State...
Editorial: Why do state regulators keep failing residents in Exide lead cleanup?
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPortions of the closed Exide lead-acid battery recycling plant in Vernon, seen in October 2020...
Do you live near the old Exide lead-acid battery smelter? Check your property's cleanup status
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoExide Technologies battery recycling plant located in Vernon. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times) Six years...
In Boyle Heights, Sen. Alex Padilla urges Superfund status for Exide cleanup
LA Times via Yahoo News· 11 months agoU.S. Senator Alex Padilla, left, and Assemblymember Miguel Santiago visit a house in Boyle Heights...
State officials 'vow to do better' on Exide lead cleanup. Some residents aren't satisfied
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGuadalupe Valdovinos spreads a mineral to absorb toxic elements in her backyard in East Los Angeles...
Lawmakers demand EPA action on troubled cleanup of lead-contaminated L.A.-area homes
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA worker sprays water on a pile of soil as part of lead remediation project near the former Exide...
California's biggest environmental cleanup leaves lead contamination and frustration
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGuadalupe Valdovinos uses a probe to collect a soil sample from her family's backyard in East Los...
After 40 years, Boyle Heights priest still irks politicians and fights for his flock
LA Times via Yahoo News· 12 months agoFrom a proposed prison near Boyle Heights to lead contamination from an Exide battery plant,...
California toxics agency to publish lead cleanup reports for homes surrounding Exide plant
LA Times via Yahoo News· 12 months agoPublication of the information marks a new level of transparency from state officials, who have been...
Southeast L.A. yards are plagued by toxic lead. A dusting of this mineral could help
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Prospering Backyards project brings together scientists, artists, activists and community...