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Clayton Aldern is a senior data reporter at Grist.
Posted inGhosts of Polluters Past

Toxic churn: The legacy of long-gone industry pollutes U.S. cities

Yvette CabreraClayton Aldern is looking into the camera with a serious expression. He's wearing an orange shirt and brown glasses. by Yvette Cabrera and Clayton Aldern

On a crisp, fall day in Santa Ana, California, Mary Acosta Rodriguez Martinez Garcia steps forward gingerly, leaning on her cane as she walks to the spot along the railroad tracks that intersect with Santa Ana Boulevard. This is where her grandfather’s house once stood, before it was swallowed whole by the expansion of the […]