Southeast L.A. yards are plagued by toxic lead. A dusting of this mineral could help
The dusting of zeolite doesn’t take long, but it could be key to mitigating a disaster that has festered for decades across southeast Los Angeles County: lead contamination in the soil around thousands of homes.
“It’s 20 minutes of work, and it’s a lifetime of lead remediation for a person’s backyard
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L.A. lead cleanup experiment unites science, art and social justice

The Prospering Backyards project brings together scientists, artists, activists and community members to tackle an environmental disaster that has quietly festered for decades.

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