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"Toxic Soil Lurks Beneath Southern Calif. Neighborhood" [1]

"The discovery of methane gas and benzene has transformed a 50-acre neighborhood into an environmental case study — a reminder of Southern California’s history as a center of the oil industry."

Jeff Gottlieb reports for the Los Angeles Times April 27, 2010. [2]

Pollution [3]
California [4]
Public [5]
Source: LA Times [2], 04/27/2010
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/toxic-soil-lurks-beneath-southern-calif-neighborhood [2] http://www.latimes.com/business/la-me-carousel-shell-20100427,0,1068282,full.story [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution [4] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/california [5] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81