Court approves abandonment of Exide plant and toxic cleanup - Los
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Court lets Exide abandon former battery plant in Vernon, leaving taxpayers with cleanup bill, Boyle Heights News
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Exide may abandon Vernon plant without finishing contamination cleanup, federal court rules - Boyle Heights Beat
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California sues to recover costs for Exide lead cleanup - Los Angeles Times
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Why Are Families in Boyle Heights and Southeast L.A. Still Being Poisoned by Lead? Battery Recycling Plant Leaves Behind 'a Chernobyl-Level Event' (Update) ~ L.A. TACO
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Why Are Families in Boyle Heights and Southeast L.A. Still Being Poisoned by Lead? Battery Recycling Plant Leaves Behind 'a Chernobyl-Level Event' (Update) ~ L.A. TACO
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State calls for shuttered Exide plant in Vernon to be declared superfund site
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Exide lead cleanup leaves fear and frustration in its wake - Los Angeles Times
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Federal EPA urged to assist in troubled Exide lead cleanup - Los Angeles Times
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Exide Facility Closure Department of Toxic Substances Control