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EXIDE VERNON BREAKING NEWS: Los Angeles City Council calls for timeline, increased funds in Exide cleanup

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February 26, 2016 in CA, California, Clean up of Vernon lead smelter site, Clean-up of Exide lead smelter site, Exide Vernon

KPCC – 89.3 FM LA City Council calls for timeline, increased funds in Exide cleanup In this file photo, a sign is posted outside a home as Exide begins to remove lead-polluted soil in Boyle Heights. The City Council called on the state Wednesday to require California’s toxics regulator to create a public timeline and […]

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EXIDE VERNON BREAKING NEWS: Los Angeles County officials vote on $2 million effort to speed up massive contamination cleanup from Exide’s lead smelter

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October 27, 2015 in CA, California, Clean up of Vernon lead smelter site, Clean-up of Exide lead smelter site, Exide Vernon, Exide's Negative Impact on Other Communities

BOYLE HEIGHTS BEAT County assigns $2 million to expedite Exide cleanup October 28, 2015 |  By Boyle Heights Beat Photo by Art Torres The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will spend $2 million to help speed the cleanup of contaminated soil in Boyle Heights and other Eastside neighborhoods near the closed Exide battery recycling plant in […]

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BREAKING NEWS: LA City Council votes unanimously to back investigation into why Exide’s Vernon lead smelter cited for arsenic pollution has been allowed to operate with temporary permit for more than 30 years; asks city attorney to lay out plans for possible legal action against Exide or to compel state to protect public from potentially dangerous levels of lead and arsenic

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May 30, 2013 in Exide Vernon, Exide's Negative Impact on Other Communities, Health, Lastest News, Lead Emissions

(See stories below from the Los Angeles Times, CBS Los Angeles and EPG & City News Service, as well as links to information about the Exide Vernon lead smelter and its levels of toxicity provided by the South Coast Air Quality Management District, and to updates on the suspension of Exide’s Vernon plant, provided by […]

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