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Should California Turn Contaminated Land Into Affordable Housing?

ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT -In a busy five-acre industrial pocket of Lincoln Heights, north of Downtown Los Angeles, zigzagged with metro lines and freeways and car-choked roads, developers plan to build a 468-unit apartment complex called the Avenue 34 Project. But the project, which provides 66 units for “very low income” households, can’t escape the area’s polluted legacy. That’s because the site sits adjacent to Welch’s former industrial dry cleaners that operated for nearly 70 years. During that time, massive amounts of toxic chemicals and solvents, including possible carcinogens like trichloroethylene (TCE) and perchloroethylene (PCE), leaked or were dumped into the soil and groundwater, requiring extensive cleanup. The Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) recently ordered the developers to conduct tests on the proposed building site, which detected elevated levels of these same chemicals, among others.

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Environmental testing urged at planned L A housing site

Print Nancy Smith remembered that children had called it “the sick land” the wedge of property alongside the 110 Freeway where a dry cleaning facility had laundered aprons and uniforms for decades across from a Lincoln Heights elementary school. “We were all up in arms about it because of the children getting sick,” said Smith, who has lived in the northeast Los Angeles neighborhood for more than half a century. Decades after the old Welch’s laundry was shuttered, California regulators worked to clean up the soil and check the groundwater for the chemicals used there volatile organic compounds such as tetrachloroethylene that could damage the human liver and nervous system and have been tied to an increased risk of cancer. The Department of Toxic Substances Control oversaw a cleanup effort that lasted for years and has continued to monitor groundwater at the site.

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Toxic chemicals sullied a Lincoln Heights site Now, new housing is planned next to it

Toxic chemicals sullied a Lincoln Heights site. Now, new housing is planned next to it Emily Alpert Reyes © Provided by The LA Times Patricia Camacho and Michael Henry Hayden stand in front of a Lincoln Heights lot where a 468-unit development is planned. The project has raised concerns among residents about toxic risks. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times) Nancy Smith remembered that children had called it the sick land the wedge of property alongside the 110 Freeway where a dry cleaning facility had laundered aprons and uniforms for decades across from a Lincoln Heights elementary school. We were all up in arms about it because of the children getting sick, said Smith, who has lived in the northeast Los Angeles neighborhood for more than half a century.

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Earth Day 2021: California Safe Schools Honors Earth Day Champions

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California Safe Schools Honors Students, 2021 Earth Day Champions

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