An old toxic dump brings new worries for Lincoln Heights
State toxic substance regulators are being called to task for their handling of a long-forgotten dump site in L.A.'s Lincoln Heights neighborhood.
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State toxic substance regulators are being called to task for their handling of a long-forgotten dump site in L.A.'s Lincoln Heights neighborhood.
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ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT -In a busy five-acre industrial pocket of Lincoln Heights, north of Downtown Los Angeles, zigzagged with metro lines and freeways and car-choked roads, developers plan to build a 468-unit apartment complex called the Avenue 34 Project. But the project, which provides 66 units for “very low income” households, can’t escape the area’s polluted legacy. That’s because the site sits adjacent to Welch’s former industrial dry cleaners that operated for nearly 70 years. During that time, massive amounts of toxic chemicals and solvents, including possible carcinogen...