Critics Charge State Needs Better Outreach in Exide Clean Up

State regulators are working on a plan regarding how to sample soil in up to 10,000 more homes around the former Exide battery recycling plant in Vernon, near downtown Los Angeles. The contaminated area is now much larger than originally thought. The battery smelter operated for decades before the state shut it down two years ago and began cleaning up around 200 homes closest to the site. These homeowners have the option of getting the interiors of their homes cleaned as well. But critics say that process has not gone as planned.