A family devastated by pollution from tons of lead dust and other toxic metals spewed out for decades by the battery recycling factory Exide has organized a forum with health and environmental researchers to assess the current state of the area, which is being cleaned up by the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC). The factory is located in the city of Vermont and has also affected neighboring cities southeast of Los Angeles. Dr. Brian Johnston, an emergency medicine specialist, insists that the situation is an environmental disaster and that the state must expand its impact studies to other contaminated areas that were not yet included. Meanwhile, Joe González, a member of the devastated family who has terminal cancer, is outraged over the slow pace of action; three years ago, $176 million was authorized to accelerate testing on 10,000 properties and clean up 2,500 most contaminated.
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