Exide Technologies, a Vernon battery recycler, has long faced scrutiny for spewing lead and arsenic into neighborhoods in southeast Los Angeles County. Here is a selection of Los Angeles Times ...

BOYLE HEIGHTS (CBSLA.com) — Several people who have lived or worked near the Exide battery recycling plant in Vernon are battling illnesses or have recently died from illnesses linked to the ...

VERNON, Calif. (KABC) -- The U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday the permanent closure of a battery recycling plant in Vernon operated by Exide Technologies. The company will also pay $50 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Portions of the former Exide lead-acid battery recycling plant in Vernon are now wrapped in scaffolding and white plastic sheeting ...

A recycler in Vernon melted down pallets of lead-acid car batteries for a century and there is still lead in people's yards ...

State and local leaders are to gather in Boyle Heights Friday and tour a contaminated neighborhood that is still reeling from the fallout of the now-defunct Exide recycled battery plant in Vernon.

Lead-acid battery maker intends to sell its North American operations after Chapter 11 proceedings. Exide Technologies is likely to emerge from bankruptcy as different companies in different parts of ...

A controversial Exide recycling plant near downtown Los Angeles will permanently close down under an agreement reached late Wednesday night with the U.S. attorney's office. The battery recycling plant ...