Health Officials Target Lead Exposure in Los Angeles’ ‘Promise Zone’
Los Angeles health officials are increasing efforts to reduce lead exposure among residents in the city's lowest-income areas, as part of the Obama administration's 'Promise Zone' initiative. Health officials suspect rates of lead poisoning in Los Angeles' Promise Zone -- which includes parts of East Hollywood, Hollywood, Koreatown, Pico Union and Westlake -- are higher than data show.
- "L.A. Health Workers Fight Lead Poisoning in 'Promise Zone'" (Huang, "KPCC News," KPCC, 6/29).