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LA County Department of Public Health
Director of environmental health for the LA County Department of Public Health
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Angelo Bellomo
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FROM Angelo Bellomo
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County Steps in to Speed Exide Clean-up In Boyle Heights, East LA and other neighborhoods, a company called Exide recycled lead batteries without a full permit from the State Department of Toxic Substances Control. That went on for three decades until last year, when federal officials forced Exide to admit it committed environmental crimes. The plant has been shut down, but toxic contamination is still widespread and the DTSC is not showing the urgency needed to clean it up. That's according to Supervisor Hilda Solis, who represents the area.
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Food Truck Safety: Public Health Problem or False Alarm? Gourmet food trucks are the toast of neighborhoods all over Los Angeles, from Venice to downtown's Grand Park. But only 60% have those signs with letter grades from food inspectors, and the ones that do may not have received them recently. LA Times consumer columnist David Lazarus followed up on a complaint from a reader who said she and her husband got sick after heating hot dogs from a cart in West LA.
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