Public Health

Working with the Department of Public Health, the County sued several opioid manufacturers (Purdue, Janssen/Johnson & Johnson, Teva, Allergan, and Endo), alleging that they concealed the addictive dangers of opioid medications from doctors and patients, leading to a substantial increase in addiction, overdose hospitalizations, and deaths.  Each year in the County, there are hundreds of

The Quemetco battery recycling facility in the City of Industry reportedly operates 18 hours per day every day, crushing and melting 600 tons of used batteries to recover lead and other materials. State regulators have alleged that Quemetco has violated State laws in handling toxic substances, including lead, potentially endangering the health and safety of

For decades, the Exide lead acid battery recycling plant allegedly operated in the working-class City of Vernon under an expired permit issued by the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC).  Exide was alleged to have committed more than 100 violations of environmental laws by releasing pollutants into the air, soil, and water.  When the