After the devastating Eaton fire, Jairo Perez and his son received blood tests for lead exposure due to concerns about contamination from wildfire ash. As they returned home to a community they love, the health risks posed by ash and toxic materials are alarming for many residents. In response, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has initiated free blood lead testing to address these urgent concerns, emphasizing the immediate threat lead poses to returned residents. The community remains hopeful but anxious about their safety and housing affordability.
Three months after the Palisades and Eaton fires tore through Los Angeles County, residents are concerned about the potential long-term health effects of the fires, which burned over 16,000 structures and all of the toxic materials they contained.
The department has said it is prioritizing lead testing because it poses the most urgent and highest potential risk from the wildfires.
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