[CPEO-BIF] Exide cleanup, Boyle Heights, California

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Exide Plant Begins To Remove Lead-Contaminated Soil From Neighboring Homes

CBS Los Angeles
December 4, 2014

BOYLE HEIGHTS – A battery-recycling facility in Boyle Heights has started to remove lead-contaminated soil from neighboring homes after results released for 85 of the homes tested indicated the existence of lead.

Jim Marxen of the state Department of Toxic Substances Control said all of the 85 homes will need to be cleaned.

According to the agency, though, top priority will go to 19 homes with lead in the soil that exceeds 1,000 parts per million, which is enough lead to classify the soil as “hazardous waste.”

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For the entire article, see
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/12/04/exide-plant-begins-to-remove-lead-contaminated-soil-from-homes/#.VIHxwsVeGyU.twitter

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street
Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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