GIS use in the Exide Community Health Outreach · Exide Technologies •Improperly recycled car...
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GIS use in the Exide Community Health Outreach Douglas Morales, MPH Principal GIS Analyst/Epidemiologist Office of Health Assessment and Epidemiology, GIS Unit Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, Epidemiology Unit
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GIS use in the Exide Community Health Outreach
Douglas Morales, MPHPrincipal GIS Analyst/EpidemiologistOffice of Health Assessment and Epidemiology, GIS UnitChildhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, Epidemiology Unit
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Pomona
Torrance
Glendale
Santa Clarita
Lancaster
Palmdale
Vernon
Huntington Park
La Mirada
Santa Monica
PasadenaGlendora
Exide Technologies
• Improperly recycled car batteries (Vernon, CA)
•Release of lead and arsenic into the environment
• ~21,000 households in the 1.7 mi. study area
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Study Area
• The State of California Dept. of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) hired a consultant to conduct a plume analyses and create the study area
• Communities
– LA City Boyle Heights
– Commerce
– Huntington Park
– Maywood
– Bell
– East LA
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HuntingtonPark
Huntington
Park
Maywood
Bell
Bell
Vernon Commerce
Los Angeles -
Boyle Heights
Unincorporated
- East LA
þ60
¦10
¦710
¦5
Study Area• Located in a statistically significant
poor area (“cold spot”)
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Los Angeles
- Boyle
Heights
Los Angeles
- Central
Los Angeles -
Downtown
Los Angeles -
Florence-Firestone
Los Angeles
- Vernon
Central
Los Angeles -
Wholesale
DistrictBoyle Heights
Central
Downtown
Florence-Firestone
Vernon
Central
Wholesale
District
Bandini
Islands
Bandini
Islands
East Los
Angeles
Florence-Firestone
Bell
Bell Gardens
Commerce
Huntington
Park
Maywood
Montebello
Monterey Park
Vernon
HotSpot: Median Income
Cold Spot - 99% Confidence
Cold Spot - 95% Confidence
Cold Spot - 90% Confidence
Not Significant
Hot Spot - 90% Confidence
Hot Spot - 95% Confidence
Hot Spot - 99% Confidence
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HuntingtonPark
Huntington
Park
Maywood
Bell
Bell
Vernon Commerce
Los Angeles -
Boyle Heights
Unincorporated
- East LA
þ60
¦10
¦710
¦5
Incident Command Structure
• GIS was used in the planning phase
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• Results
– 9,902 Residential Parcels
– 4,211 Residential Parcels with lead in soil
Exide Community Survey Results
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Exide Community Survey Results
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Exide Community Survey Results
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Recommendations from the Community
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