Over three days in late March, four Los Angeles Times environment reporters and an editor fanned out across the Eaton and Palisades burn scars to collect 40 soil samples from residential properties: ...

It has been nearly two years since the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it would direct Union Pacific Railroad to test for toxic chemicals in Houston's Fifth Ward neighborhood. The ...

Representative soil sample testing done in a Los Angeles County Public Health study found a higher percentage of samples with lead levels above health-based screening thresholds taken from parcels ...

Fort Bragg will start soil sampling to assess potential lead levels in the ground around select housing neighborhoods on post. The soil testing follows discussions between the Army and the ...

Why is a Los Angeles-based foundation funding soil testing of 1,200 homes for toxic substances such as lead and arsenic in the Palisades and Altadena fire zones? Because federal agencies overseeing ...

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To inform those living within and around the Palisades and Eaton Fire zones – a Los Angeles-based organization is leading the effort to sample the soil at more than a thousand properties. The ...

The Pasadena Public Health Department this week issued a set of recommendations for schools to follow after a county study found higher levels of lead in soil samples. A Los Angeles County Department ...