The state’s environmental protection and toxics control agencies concluded that “no further action is necessary” after reviewing the results of testing done on soil samples taken from the Jordan Downs public housing area, city officials announced Thursday.
The Department of Toxic Substances Control and the California Environmental Protection Agency looked at studies of metals in surface soil samples and tests of subsurface soil vapors and determined that residents are not being harmed, officials from the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles said.
The soil samples match those found in other urban areas in Los Angeles, HACLA officials said.
“We are delighted that after testing of environmental conditions and analysis at Jordan Downs, DTSC has advised us that no further analysis at Jordan Downs is necessary,” Douglas Guthrie, president and CEO of the HACLA said.
“The health and well-being of our residents at Jordan Downs and throughout our developments across the city of Los Angeles is a priority for HACLA and we are committed to ensuring that families and children at public housing developments prosper in environmentally safe communities,” he said.
HACLA is cleaning up a 21-acre former factory site next to Jordan Downs that it plans to redevelop. The soil samples were tested after the public housing residents asked HACLA to check for contamination.