
Corinne Purtill
Reporter at Los Angeles Times
Science & medicine reporter, @latimes. Previously writing for @nytimes @NewYorker @TIME and elsewhere. She/her.
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latimes.com | Corinne Purtill
Happy Thursday. I’m Corinne Purtill, a science and health reporter for The Times, filling in this week for the incomparable Sammy Roth. Last week my family drove north from Los Angeles on State Route 99 toward Yosemite, exactly 157 years and five days after a 29-year-old John Muir set out on foot for the same destination from San Francisco.
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thebrunswicknews.com | Corinne Purtill
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will allocate $3 million to help homeowners near the Eaton burn area test for lead contamination, after preliminary tests found elevated levels of the heavy metal on homes standing after the fire.
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gazettextra.com | Corinne Purtill
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will allocate $3 million to help homeowners near the Eaton burn area test for lead contamination, after preliminary tests found elevated levels of the heavy metal on homes standing after the fire.
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latimes.com | Corinne Purtill
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will allocate $3 million to help homeowners near the Eaton burn area test for lead contamination, after preliminary tests found elevated levels of the heavy metal on homes standing after the fire. Supervisors Kathryn Barger and Lindsey Horvath after preliminary test results by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health showed lead levels above state health standards in as many as 80% of soil samples collected downwind of the Eaton burn scar.
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swoknews.com | Corinne Purtill
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will allocate $3 million to help homeowners near the Eaton burn area test for lead contamination, after preliminary tests found elevated levels of the heavy metal on homes standing after the fire.
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