Nearly a year after California Governor Jerry Brown authorized spending for a large-scale cleanup effort in six largely Latino cities east of Los Angeles that were contaminated by tons of lead dust, people in the affected area are complaining of delays and discrimination in the handling of the crisis. The critics include a prominent toxicologist who says he warned for decades of the imminent environmental catastrophe associated with a battery recycling plant. This week, government officials held a public event with neighbors and activists in the contaminated zone, which some believe is worse than the problem in Flint, Michigan, where lead was found in the water supply. Rubén Tapia reports from the forum in Los Angeles.
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