When FEMA failed to test soil for toxic substances after the L.A. fires, The Times had it done. The results were alarming

When FEMA failed to test soil for toxic substances after the L.A. fires, The Times had it done. The results were alarming

The federal government decided not to test the soil of L.A.'s burn areas for hazardous substances. A Times investigation found high levels of lead and other heavy metals.

About 1.4 billion people live in areas where soil contains levels harmful to human health and ecosystems of arsenic, cadmium, cobalt, chromium, copper, nickel and lead. This is the main conclusion of an international study led by the University of Tsinghua in China of which is made