#ToxicLA
apparently a pipeline burst in East LA today and birds got oiled #ToxicLA

www.latimes.com/california/s...
May 25, 2026 at 4:06 AM
Yesterday in #ToxicLA
December 19, 2024 at 8:30 PM
i'd add: it’s almost impossible to comprehend the degree of toxic inundation if CA ports flood #ToxicLA

"Oil infrastructure–including actively producing oil and gas wells, refineries, and fossil fuel ports and terminals–makes up a large fraction of the at-risk sites"

pubs.acs.org/esthag/artic...
Toxic Tides and Environmental Injustice: Social Vulnerability to Sea Level Rise and Flooding of Hazardous Sites in Coastal California
Abstract. Sea level rise (SLR) and heavy precipitation events are increasing the frequency and extent of coastal flooding, which can trigger releases of to
pubs.acs.org
September 29, 2026 at 6:46 PM
once the fire is out, there will be a massive amount of toxic burned debris going to landfill
Updates from Chief Moore on Boyle Heights warehouse fire, 06/21/26.
June 27, 2026 at 7:12 PM
there is a reason i started and periodically use a hashtag for #ToxicLA (notwithstanding GG being in OC)
May 24, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Scum manifesto

#ToxicLA
April 10, 2025 at 7:28 AM
"Firefighters have faced increasingly complex fires amid a rapid expansion of the logistics industry... "a unique intersection of high-density combustible loads and complex internal geometries that challenge even the most robust fire protection systems" #ToxicLA

www.latimes.com/california/s...
It's been six days. Why can't L.A. firefighters put out blaze at Boyle Heights cold storage facility?
The fire in Boyle Heights entered its sixth day with firefighters saying the complex warehouse structure poses challenges for firefighting crews.
www.latimes.com
June 23, 2026 at 4:01 AM
"Nearly a third of LA county’s idle wells have been unplugged for more than a century... Whether active or idle, unplugged oil wells are known to emit likely carcinogens, incl benzene and formaldehyde, & a potent greenhouse gas, methane" #LungBeach #ToxicLA
lbpost.com/news/health/...
In push to clean them up, researchers warn of many uncapped oil wells near schools, parks, homes in Long Beach
Even when idle, the wells are known to emit harmful pollutants. Environmentalists mapped them in an effort get them capped.
lbpost.com
February 14, 2026 at 6:55 AM
am not in the Boyle Heights air nastiness zone but i really feel for people who are... also thinking about an incident here a few years ago where folks were being sickened by an industrial odor for months & the initial response was gaslighting from officials #ToxicLA

www.aqmd.gov/home/news-ev...
Dominguez Channel Odor Event
South Coast AQMD's response on odors from the Dominguez Channel in the Carson area
www.aqmd.gov
June 20, 2026 at 6:03 PM
"The greater Los Angeles area became a global hub for aerospace and defense manufacturing around the start of World War II, with companies here producing military aircraft, electronics, plastics, petroleum products..." #ToxicLA

www.latimes.com/environment/...

archive link: archive.ph/VewQx
Garden Grove crisis exposes Southern California's hidden industrial risks
Southern California still runs on heavy industry. Garden Grove's chemical tank crisis was just a reminder.
www.latimes.com
May 28, 2026 at 9:51 PM
" Los Angeles health services officials told the Guardian that the city was unaware of any plans for how or where the spoiled food would be disposed of" #ToxicLA
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
‘Like a dead body’: after warehouse fire, LA residents say air thick with smell of rotting food
Cleanup under way after week-long fire at a Boyle Heights facility spoiled tens of millions of pounds of frozen food
www.theguardian.com
June 27, 2026 at 7:13 PM
The Los Angeles Of The Future (derogatory)

(this depicts planning for space currently occupied by an oil refinery) #ToxicLA
August 18, 2025 at 6:46 PM
disposability-toxicity redux (yes i have been writing about this some and hopefully will be more) #ToxicLA

wavepublication.com/cities-are-p...
Cities are placing homeless shelters in polluted industrial areas - Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group
By Erin Rode Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — When the city of Buena Park held a town hall about a
wavepublication.com
August 20, 2026 at 7:20 PM
"Lineage highlighted the strategic importance of its Boyle Heights facility because of its proximity to the Port of Long Beach and its access to millions of people in Southern California... The harm for residents could be severe" #ToxicLA

capitalandmain.com/as-cold-stor...
As Cold Storage Company Became Global Titan, Fire Risks Piled Up
Lineage transformed food supply chains and made its owners rich. Now it’s hired a crisis team in the wake of East L.A. warehouse fire.
capitalandmain.com
June 30, 2026 at 12:03 AM
lovely, it's bust-out-the-aura-cool-flow-to-go-outside weather, again #ToxicLA
January 22, 2026 at 8:26 PM
tell me you live in Long Beach without telling me you live in Long Beach

(i would also accept entries centering explosions or sulfurous odors) #ToxicLA
March 8, 2026 at 7:25 PM
#ToxicLA love too never be notified that toxic waste was flowing right through where we live (and definitely in the air as well as the water)

bsky.app/profile/inqu...
August 18, 2026 at 12:00 AM