In polluted Pennsylvania suburb, a Republican takes on state regulators

By Jim Morris

Despite years of citizen complaints, factory on EPA ‘watch list’ gets new license to foul the air

Excerpts from this story referencing "Exide Technologies":

"… t of their worries. Some 7,000 people live within a one-mile radius of the Exide Technologies plant, where car batteries are broken apart so the lead inside can be melt …"

"… county’s Office of the Commissioners, wrote, “The operating legacy of Exide Technologies constitutes one of the greatest environmental catastrophes in the history …"