Three years ago, the AB&I metal foundry ceased all operations in East Oakland. … The years of metal smelting had left contaminants such as arsenic and lead in the hardscape, soil, and groundwater, and the polluted lot was supposed to be undergoing a yearslong remediation process. … [Community members] soon came to realize the site was being used as a tow yard by a company called Auto Plus Towing. … Now an array of organizations — the city, the companies, the watchdog group, the county, the state’s Department of Toxic Substances Control, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board — are trying to deal with the fallout, and make sure the polluted site finally gets cleaned up. 

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