Exide Battery Los Angeles

As part of a soil cleanup planned for thousands of properties surrounding the closed exide technologies battery recycling plant in vernon state regulators detected lead outside perez s home at.
Exide battery los angeles. A los angeles times review of two decades of enforcement records shows the state department of toxic substances control knew for years that exide was violating environmental laws by spewing contaminants into the air soil and water but only recently began taking steps to stop it. Exide officials willfully endangered the health of more than 60 children living near the company s troubled battery recycling plant in vernon a lawsuit filed in los angeles county superior court says. Exide technologies is an american multinational lead acid batteries manufacturing company. Exide has a deep history of providing industry leading battery solutions across the globe.
Thank you warehouse workers for keeping stores stocked with supplies. The exide plant located just southeast of downtown los angeles recycled 11 million auto batteries per year and released 3 500 tons of lead until it closed in march 2015 as part of a legal. It is based in milton georgia united states. Essential business fighting the covid 19 pandemic.
The los angeles county health agency and the department of public health are continuing outreach efforts to support residents in the communities affected by the release of hazardous materials from exide technologies the former battery recycling facility in the city of vernon. It has both manufacturing and recycling plants. Regulators say lead emissions from the exide plant drifted across an area of more than 10 000 residential properties spanning seven communities. The department of toxic substances control dtsc permitting division invites you to review and comment on the exidetechnologies battery recycling facility s exide s draft closure plan for the facility and on dtsc s draft environmental impact report deir.
Exide facility draft closure plan. Lead is a neurotoxin that causes harm to most organs but it most commonly causes cognitive deficits neurodevelopmental delays and psychological impairments. Bell boyle heights commerce east los angeles. Comments due march 28 2016.
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