The Toxic Aftermath of the LA-Area Fires: Why Residents Fear It’s Not Safe to Go Home
Testing from about 1,300 properties found lead above California levels in nearly 57% of standing homes after the fire.
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The toxic aftermath of the LA-area fires: Why residents fear it’s not safe to go home
A mother in Altadena started her son on chelation therapy to remove lead from his blood. A geochemist will not enter his home without a respirator and a full-body suit. A cinematographer spent thousands to get the lot where his home once stood tested for heavy metals and remediated — work the government cleanup program did not do. Sixteen months after California’s Eaton Fire, these are the extreme measures Altadena residents are taking to deal w…
A mother in Altadena began to submit her child to chelation therapy to remove lead from her blood. A geochemist does not enter her home without a respirator and a full-bodied suit. A director of photography spent thousands of dollars to test and decontaminate by heavy metals the land where her home was previously, a work that the government cleaning program did not do. Sixteen months after the Eaton fire, these are the extreme measures that resi…
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