School's illnesses point up problems with pollution monitoring
Saturday, February 15, 2014 - 12:30
in Health & Medicine
Paramount case shows that getting action on local pollution, often in low-income areas, is difficult and takes too long, activists say. Soon after starting work at Lincoln Elementary in Paramount nearly five years ago, second-grade teacher Lisa Lappin became alarmed by the number of teachers and students sick from cancer and other illnesses.