The Exide plant in Vernon closed 3 years ago. The vast majority of lead-contaminated properties ...
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L.A. Now Local LA Times The Exide plant in Vernon closed 3 years ago. The vast majority of lead-contaminated properties remain uncleaned By Tony Barboza and Ben Poston Apr 26, 2018 | 5:00 AM Axel Vasquez, 7, left, and his brother Neymar, 5, play in the frontyard of their home on Percy Street in Boyle Heights. Their yard has an elevated lead level, but it`s not high enough to qualify for the state`s priority list for cleanup. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times) Lupe Perez knows the soil outside her Boyle Heights apartment is contaminated with lead. But it`s not easy keeping her 3-year-old daughter away from a yard riddled with the brain-damaging poison. `I try to tell her not to touch the...