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As Trump administration reforms the EPA, cleanups of America's most toxic sites are uncertain
Read full article: As Trump administration reforms the EPA, cleanups of America's most toxic sites are uncertainFor nearly 100 years, the former Exide plant melted lead-acid car batteries that polluted properties in the mostly Latino region of southeast Los Angeles.
EPA proposes banning cancer-causing chemical TCE used in automotive care and other products
Read full article: EPA proposes banning cancer-causing chemical TCE used in automotive care and other productsThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking to ban the cancer-causing chemical trichloroethylene.
CDC to conduct health study at polluted former Army base
Read full article: CDC to conduct health study at polluted former Army baseFederal health officials are conducting a new study to determine whether veterans once stationed at a now-shuttered California military base were exposed to dangerously high levels of cancer-causing toxins.