School's illnesses point up problems with pollution monitoring

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.



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