From: Truth Out
Sunday, 22 November 2015 00:00
By Daniel Ross, Truthout | Report
As
much as 33,600 cubic yards of contaminated soil is being removed from a
cleanup site at Jordan Downs in Watts, Los Angeles. Community advocates
say the cleanup doesn't meet health and safety standards. (Photo: Legal
Aid Foundation)
Sunday, 22 November 2015 00:00
By Daniel Ross, Truthout | Report
As
much as 33,600 cubic yards of contaminated soil is being removed from a
cleanup site at Jordan Downs in Watts, Los Angeles. Community advocates
say the cleanup doesn't meet health and safety standards. (Photo: Legal
Aid Foundation)
California's regulatory agencies have repeatedly failed in their
testing, enforcement and cleanup of various lead-contaminated sites in
the state, an investigation by Truthout has revealed.
The investigation comprised three separate sites in and around Los
Angeles: the Quemetco lead-acid battery recycling facility in the city
of Industry, the Jordan Downs housing project in Watts (a toxic cleanup
site), and a former police department firing range in Pasadena.
The pattern of lax regulatory enforcement at contaminated sites comes
at a time when scientists recognize that lead - one of the World Health
Organization's 10 chemicals of major public health concern - has no safe levels, especially for fetuses and children. MORE
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