Los Angeles County health officials and volunteers went door to door Saturday conducting health surveys of residents who live around a shuttered battery-recycling plant near downtown, which is blamed for decades of lead emissions spread across seven southeast communities. The group’s efforts are focused on residents who live within a 1.7 mile radius of the former Exide Technologies battery plant in Vernon, organizers said. The targeted neighborhoods are in Bell, Boyle Heights, Commerce, Maywood, East Los Angeles, Huntington Park and Vernon. Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times Volunteers Elizabeth Mateo, left, and Alex Chang interview Margarita Torrez as part of a survey of residents living near the former Exide battery-recycling plant. Volunteers Elizabeth Mateo, left, and Alex Chang interview Margarita Torrez as part of a survey of residents living near the former Exide battery-recycling plant.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 10, 2017 16:07 UTC