The shipment of materials from one toxic disaster to another has prompted outcry from activists and politicians alike.
As the agency rolls out a $500 million clean up program, it must navigate skepticism from environmental experts and the public.
Newly discovered records of illegal hazardous waste dumping raise fresh doubts over developer transparency and regulatory oversight.
The former plant is believed to have impacted more than 10,000 properties east of Los Angeles.
Questions over DTSC competency complicate taxpayer-funded plans to rehabilitate polluted properties.
Lax enforcement and major permitting problems plague hazardous waste facilities in Los Angeles.
The coronavirus lowered greenhouse gas emissions, but at year’s end global CO₂ concentrations are still at record levels.
An October bankruptcy settlement let Exide Technologies walk away from a multimillion dollar cleanup in L.A. Could California have done more to secure recovery costs?
Los departamentos (Estrada Courts) continúan sin salida de la zona de contaminación, sin embargo, el estado no ha examinado la posible presencia de plomo en esas casas.
Who was watching the watchdogs as the cleanup of lead contamination on L.A.’s Eastside ran out of money?
Estrada Courts sits within the Exide contamination zone, but the state has yet to test the homes there for lead.
A bill to reform the Department of Toxic Substances Control has been a long time coming, but will Governor Newsom sign it?
Budget overruns, conflicts of interest and bankruptcy hound the quarter-billion-dollar Exide cleanup.
A new study identifies the state’s worst regulatory agencies responsible for food safety and agriculture, air quality and toxic wastes.
The five-year cleanup of a lead-contamination zone is a story of confusion, shifting goalposts, missed deadlines and bloated budgets.
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The Dept. of Toxic Substances Control has halted all field work on cleaning homes affected by Exide contamination until further notice.
Health officials took eight days to send letters to parents of children possibly contaminated by lead. And not everyone received a letter.
Reporter Joe Rubin explains how California’s public health department dropped the ball in a Bay Area contamination case.
Santa Clara County has not revealed how many of the children who attended a now-shuttered gymnastics facility have been tested for lead.
Guns spewed lead dust. Child gymnasts trained. California regulators failed to act.