The Toxic Aftermath of the LA-Area Fires: Why Residents Fear It’s Not Safe to Go Home
Testing from about 1,300 properties found lead above California levels in nearly 57% of standing homes after the fire.
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The toxic aftermath of the LA-area fires: Why residents fear it’s not safe to go home
A mother in Altadena started her son on chelation therapy to remove lead from his blood. A geochemist will not enter his home without a respirator and a full-body suit. A cinematographer spent thousands to get the lot where his home once stood tested for heavy metals and remediated — work the government cleanup program did not do. Sixteen months after California’s Eaton Fire, these are the extreme measures Altadena residents are taking to deal w…
Impact of Los Angeles Area Fires: How Pollution is Driving Residents Away from Their Homes
ALTADENA, Calif. — In response to alarming lead levels, an Altadena mother has initiated chelation therapy for her son. Geochemists are now required to don respirators and full-body suits before entering homes affected by contamination. A filmmaker has invested thousands in testing and remediation on his property, which once served as his home, to address [...] The post Impact of Los Angeles Area Fires: How Pollution is Driving Residents Away fr…
A mother in Altadena began to submit her child to chelation therapy to remove lead from her blood. A geochemist does not enter her home without a respirator and a full-bodied suit. A director of photography spent thousands of dollars to test and decontaminate by heavy metals the land where her home was previously, a work that the government cleaning program did not do. Sixteen months after the Eaton fire, these are the extreme measures that resi…
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