For months, federal officials have said post-cleanup soil testing for fire-stricken homes in L.A. was unnecessary. Now, they ...

Nancy Ward, the head of CalOES, left office on Dec. 30. She had publicly begged FEMA to test for toxic substances after the ...

Testing for toxic chemicals and heavy metals is available in Los Angeles County from philanthropic groups, researchers, and ...

The city of Oneonta faces delays in the Market Street streetscape improvement project due to water and soil sampling that needs to be done based on potentially contaminated soil that was uncovered at ...

Why is a Los Angeles-based foundation funding soil testing of 1,200 homes for toxic substances such as lead and arsenic in the Palisades and Altadena fire zones? Because federal agencies overseeing ...

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The soil testing is part of the North College Road and Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway (U.S. 74) interchange project. A public meeting on the project is scheduled for Jan. 29 in Wilmington. For ...