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As Trump administration reforms the EPA, cleanups of America's most toxic sites are uncertain

Residents and lawmakers are urging the Environmental Protection Agency to list Exide as a Superfund site, which would provide federal resources for cleanup efforts.
With Donald Trump's return to the White House, cleanup efforts are uncertain if he seeks to defund the EPA again.
Experts warn that environmental deregulation could weaken support for Superfund cleanups.
Aleja Cretcher stated that Communities for a Better Environment has worked closely with the EPA, particularly on Exide.

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As Trump administration reforms the EPA, cleanups of America's most toxic sites are uncertain

For nearly 100 years, the former Exide plant melted lead-acid car batteries that polluted properties in the mostly Latino region of southeast Los Angeles. The Environmental Protection Agency last year

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Finance & Commerce

EPA reforms make cleanup of America’s most toxic sites uncertain

Experts say the Trump administration could make it harder for hazardous sites to get designated as a Superfund site.

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Trump's EPA Reforms Cast Doubt on Toxic Site Cleanups

LOS ANGELES — Just over a mile from where Patricia Flores has lived for almost 20 years, a battery smelter plant spewed toxic elements into the environment for nearly a century. Exide Technologies in southeast Los Angeles polluted thousands of properties with lead and contributed to groundwater contamination with trichloroethylene, or TCE, a cancer-causing chemical. Since Exide declared bankruptcy in 2020, California has invested more than $770 …

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