Research Study
If you live in the red or blue area, you may qualify.
Questionnaire & Household Visit
- Participate in a community survey about the impacts of Exide and lead pollution
- Test the soil in your home for lead (Pb) and arsenic (As)
Community Action Plan
- Receive results from residential soil sampling that tests for lead (Pb) and arsenic (As)
- Get Involved
- Contact us: 323-363-2113 | gettheleadout.eycej@gmail.com
Resource Library
Lead related infographics
- Talk to pediatricians | Hable con pediatras
- Talk to doctors | Hable con doctores
- Risks across the lifespan |Riesgos de la exposición a lo largo de la vida
- Brain health | La salud cerebral
- Talk to teachers | Hable con maestros
- Pregnancy | Embarazo
- Niños | Children
- Adolescentes | Teens
- Ancianos | Elders
- Nutrición |Nutrition
- Jardinería | Gardening
Public Agency resources
- Blood Lead Testing:County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health offers free blood lead testing for those who have been impacted by EXIDE.
- Current Status of Cleanup
- Department of Toxic Substances Control
- Direct number: 844-225-3887
- Department of Toxic Substances Control
- Map: https://dtsc.ca.gov/residential-cleanup/
| Public Agency | Role in Lead Poisoning Prevention | Authority |
| Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC): | Tasked with enforcing hazardous waste laws, reducing hazardous waste generation, restoring contaminated resources, and encouraging the manufacture of chemically safer products. Lead agency for the Exide remediation. | Regulates companies that handle hazardous waste under the authority of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976. |
| California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (CLPPP) Occupational Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (OLPPP): | Mission to reduce exposure of children and adult workers to lead. | Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Acts of 1986 and 1989 established the CLPPP within the CDPH. In addition, the California Health and Safety Code mandates medical laboratories to report cases of children with elevated blood lead levels (EBLLs) to the California Department of Health Services. Since passage of SB 460 medical laboratories are required to report all blood lead levels, California Health and Safety Code Sections 105185–105195 established the OLPPP. |
| California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA): | Responsible for overseeing worker health and safety on the job. | Establishes permissible exposure limits, medical surveillance, special protective measures, and exposure monitoring. |
| South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD): | Regulation of air emissions from all facilities that use or process lead containing materials. Enforces federal and regional air quality standards. | Regulates air emissions under the Title V permit program. |
| Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (County Health): | Investigates cases of elevated blood lead levels (EBLLs) in children. | Under contract to the CDPH. |
