The first hearing of a California Assembly committee in a zone that for decades was polluted with lead, arsenic and other dangerous toxic products by the battery recycling company, Exide, represented a small ray of hope. The neighborhood families, who are mostly Latino, strongly criticized state authorities for the slow moving operations of monitoring and clean-up. The residents are demanding emergency measures to remedy what they consider a public health crisis. Our correspondent in Los Angeles, Rubén Tapia, has been following the case. This story is part of the series, “Hablando de la Raza”.
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