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“You really want to know: ‘What’s in the air, what’s in the water, what’s in the ash that blew into my kitchen cabinet? Do I let my dog outside?’” she said. “All these questions were coming up and we thought, ‘We really need to serve the community.’” Indeed, while the initial findings will be focused on firefighters’ exposure, the team is also looking into residents’ exposure to heavy metals and chemicals.
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PACIFIC PALISADES, CA - JANUARY 8, 2025 - - Fire fighters try to put out a structure fire, hoping to prevent the home next door from being destroyed in the Palisades fire in Pacific Palisades on January 7, 2025. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)
Los Angeles Times · Palisades and Eaton firefighters had elevated levels of mercury, lead in their bloodBy Salvador Hernandez

6,000 homes were destroyed in Altadena, L.A. County, by the recent wildfires. In many cases, all that remains standing is the chimney and fireplace — often covered in tiles designed by artist Ernest Batchelder. @Dwell writes about a grassroots movement to salvage some of those tiles — and the history of the storied neighborhood. "Whether you’re grieving a person or, in this case, a house filled with memories, it helps to have something that you can physically hang on to," says Brenda Davidge. "Having the tile helps us with moving forward because while we know the house and everything that was in it is gone, the tiles are a physical reminder that the fire didn’t take everything, that these things have lasted a hundred-plus years and made it through that crazy fire so they can keep going beyond that too."

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Dwell · The Grassroots Race to Save Altadena’s Historic Batchelder Tiles—Before the Bulldozers Move InBy Marah Eakin

"We can't just talk about the benefits of the #EnergyTransition, which are great. We also have to mention things like the #LAFires, that, according to the L.A. Times, carry a 250 BILLION DOLLAR price tag along with it. We have to wrap our minds around all of these big numbers and these big things."

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