State agrees to retest for lead at homes near Exide where cleanups failed
State officials say prior cleanups missed lead contamination at many lots and will not fund any re-cleaning yet.
- California plans to retest lead levels on up to 1,375 residential properties around the shuttered Exide battery smelter in response to concerns that previous remediation efforts failed to fully remove contamination.
- At least 559 cleanups around the Vernon plant proved unsuccessful since 2017 due to underground obstacles like tree roots and utility lines, with studies finding that 73 of 93 remediated properties still had soil lead levels above 80 ppm.
- Boyle Heights resident Amalia Ordorica discovered lead levels of 166 ppm in her garden 9 inches below the surface, years after Irvine-based National Engineering and Consulting, Inc. declared remediation complete in 2021.
- Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed $70 million for residential cleanups in the 2026-27 budget, targeting about 1,000 additional lots while approximately 2,600 parcels remain untreated across contaminated neighborhoods.
- Residents urge alternative sequestration methods using zeolites to absorb lead without soil removal, while experts study potential health links between lead exposure and conditions like uterine cancer in affected communities.
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State agrees to retest for lead at homes near Exide where cleanups failed - The Mexico Ledger
State agrees to retest for lead at homes near Exide where cleanups failedSince 1986, Karen Noga has lived within 2 miles of the Exide battery smelter, which belched lead and arsenic unabated into surrounding neighborhoods until it shuttered in 2015.First, Noga lived in Huntington Park, about 1.5 miles away from the plant, she told The Economic Hardship Reporting Project and LA Public Press for this article. Then, in 2002, when the Los Angeles Un…
State agrees to retest for lead at homes near Exide where cleanups failed - Seward Independent
State agrees to retest for lead at homes near Exide where cleanups failedSince 1986, Karen Noga has lived within 2 miles of the Exide battery smelter, which belched lead and arsenic unabated into surrounding neighborhoods until it shuttered in 2015.First, Noga lived in Huntington Park, about 1.5 miles away from the plant, she told The Economic Hardship Reporting Project and LA Public Press for this article. Then, in 2002, when the Los Angeles Un…
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State agrees to retest for lead at homes near Exide where cleanups failed
The Economic Hardship Reporting Project and LA Public Press report on failed cleanups near Exide, prompting state retesting of contaminated homes amid residents' health concerns.
State agrees to retest for lead at homes near Exide where cleanups failed - Stateline Publications
State agrees to retest for lead at homes near Exide where cleanups failedSince 1986, Karen Noga has lived within 2 miles of the Exide battery smelter, which belched lead and arsenic unabated into surrounding neighborhoods until it shuttered in 2015.First, Noga lived in Huntington Park, about 1.5 miles away from the plant, she told The Economic Hardship Reporting Project and LA Public Press for this article. Then, in 2002, when the Los Angeles Un…
State agrees to retest for lead at homes near Exide where cleanups failed - Hillsboro Sentry Enterprise
State agrees to retest for lead at homes near Exide where cleanups failedSince 1986, Karen Noga has lived within 2 miles of the Exide battery smelter, which belched lead and arsenic unabated into surrounding neighborhoods until it shuttered in 2015.First, Noga lived in Huntington Park, about 1.5 miles away from the plant, she told The Economic Hardship Reporting Project and LA Public Press for this article. Then, in 2002, when the Los Angeles Un…
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