Thousands of homes in cities surrounding a now shuttered battery factory in Southeast Los Angeles were found to be contaminated with lead, a neurotoxic substance that has been detected at high rates in the blood of children who grew up in these communities.

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has presented a resolution calling for a “Green New Deal,” a reference to President Roosevelt’s Depression-era “New Deal” aimed at economic recovery.

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).

(Español) Pero la nueva E.P.A. consideró una regla separada, “para restringir el uso de cualquier estudio e impedir que se puedan publicar datos en bruto, como es el caso de ‘Six Cities’, que se basan en los registros de salud confidenciales de sus participantes”.