Toxic soil in Santa Ana? Community groups are working with UC Irvine to find out
Toxic soil in Santa Ana? Community groups are working with UC Irvine to find out
- August 23, 2019
- Alana LeBron, Chicano/Latino studies, and Marilyn Garcia, sociology, LA Times Daily Pilot, Aug. 23, 2019
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[Enrique Valencia] organization, Orange County Environmental Justice, has been working with UC Irvine and other community members for the last two years to determine whether lead levels in Santa Ana soils are high enough to negatively affect residents. … The research started in 2017, when Valencia joined forces with the Santa Ana-based community group Jóvenes Cultivando Cambios and Alana LeBron, a UC Irvine assistant professor of public health and Chicano/Latino studies.
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