Yvette Cabrera

senior staff writer, Grist

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Dangerous levels of lead exist in the soil underneath Santa Ana’s Logan barrio, a Grist investigation found.

Harmful lead levels in Santa Ana neighborhood resulted from mixed-use zoning

Dangerous levels of lead exist in the soil underneath Santa Ana’s Logan barrio, a Grist investigation found.

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