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January 6, 2026

LA residents are still battling toxic hazards a year after historic wildfires

By DORANY PINEDA and JAE C. HONG
Associated Press

AP Photo/Jae C. Hong [enlarge]
A worker in protective gear exits a storage container at a cleanup site in Altadena, Calif., last month. Scientists still don’t know the long-term health impacts of exposure to massive urban fires like last year’s in Los Angeles.

ALTADENA, Calif. — “DANGER: Lead Work Area” reads a sign on a front door of an Altadena home. “May damage fertility or the unborn child. Causes damage to the central nervous system.”


 
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