Lead Free Frisco

LOS ANGELES TIMES High levels found in Exide area By Angelica Quintero In the Exide Technologies cleanup area, 547 residents under age 21 were found to have high levels of lead in their blood. Some census tracts with high lead counts overlapped with cleanup focus areas, which were selected based on wind patterns, proximity to the […]

Anyone who lives or works within a three-mile radius of the Vernon site can have one done. The free tests will be offered at the Benjamin Franklin Branch Library on 1st Street Saturday, March 19. CBS LOS ANGELES Health Officials Urge Those Who Live, Work Near Exide Facility To Get Blood Lead Test March 14, 2016 […]

STREETSBLOGLA.COM Exide: Can’t Put Together Proper Closure Plan but Absolves Itself of Blame for Massive Public Health Disaster Tuesday, August 25, 2015 by Sahra Sulaiman “I want you to take a good look at me, ” a fragile-looking young man with a curved spine, hunched shoulders, and gangly arms addressed members of the Exide Community Advisory Committee […]

THE DAILY TROJAN – UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (OPINION COLUMN) Blood tests for Vernon residents need work By Valerie Yu · Daily Trojan Posted Yesterday (Sept. 16, 2013) at 7:48 pm in Columns, Opinion Recently, the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services announced its plans to launch a blood test for lead poisoning to settle […]

LOS ANGELES TIMES Exide plant will pay for blood tests for residents Los Angeles County health agency offers residents of areas near Vernon battery recycler free checks for lead contamination. More than 250,000 people in southeast Los Angeles could be affected by the Exide emissions, authorities say, though it is unclear if anyone has been […]