FEMA to pay for lead testing at 100 homes destroyed in Eaton fire, after months of saying it was unnecessary

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

Testing Soil after Eaton Fire

In December, the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health joined other agencies in testing soil in and around Altadena. The team ...
LAist

'Soil Testing Day' in Altadena aims to make post-fire detection easy and accessible

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Soil testing is on the “to-do” list ...
Los Angeles Daily News

With feds not doing so, UCLA, a private foundation step in to test soil in fire zones

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 ...
Los Angeles Times

How to Check Your Soil for Toxic Contamination After a Wildfire

Wildfire survivors across Los Angeles County are discovering that the most dangerous consequence from a wildfire isn’t always visible. Lead, arsenic, and other toxic metals could be hiding deep in ...
Purdue University

Landscape Report Shares Importance of Soil Testing

In my 40 years of teaching and consulting, one of the biggest and most frustrating problems I continually encounter is when so called “landscape professionals” and homeowners continue to apply annual ...