In Boyle Heights, Sen. Alex Padilla urges Superfund status for Exide cleanup
In Boyle Heights, Sen. Alex Padilla urges Superfund status for Exide cleanup
With a torrent of criticism swirling around California’s largest environmental cleanup, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla recently renewed his call for the federal Environmental Protection Agency to aid state efforts in removing lead contamination from neighborhoods surrounding a shuttered battery recycling plant in Southeast Los Angeles County.