Truth matters. Community matters. Your support makes both possible. LAist is one of the few places where news remains independent and free from political and corporate influence. Stand up for truth ...

An area around the former Exide Technologies lead battery plant will undergo a new cleanup to remove toxic lead from the soil. As of March 7, the land around Exide has been added to the Superfund ...

Terry Gonzalez-Cano thought she was doing the right thing as a mother by insisting her children play outdoors when they were younger, rather than spend all their time glued to the television set ...

The shuttered Exide Technologies in Vernon, responsible for a swath of lead and arsenic contamination stretching 1.7 miles in southeast Los Angeles County communities, is scheduled to be a Superfund ...

The Environmental Protection Agency has recommended adding the shuttered Exide Technologies lead battery recycling facility in East Baton Rouge Parish to the Superfund National Priorities List, which ...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted on Tuesday, Sept. 10 to send a message to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to officially list the shuttered Exide lead-acid battery plant in ...

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. A year after government officials ...

EAST St. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) -- Two former top executives of battery manufacturing company Exide Technologies were convicted Thursday of scheming to sell defective merchandise to thousands of consumers ...