Chemicals Near Jail May Be From Drug Raids
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Chemicals that authorities may have seized from drug labs and buried in the 1970s were found Tuesday on the county jail site in Castaic, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said.
The chemicals were found during routine soil testing in a remote canyon southwest of a landfill on the site of the Peter J. Pitchess Honor Rancho, Deputy John Ashley said. The chemicals have not been identified but are not considered an immediate health risk, he said.
“We’re still trying to find out what’s there,” Ashley said. “Any chemical that is unknown is considered hazardous--even if we just found motor oil.”
The county Department of Health Services has been asked to conduct additional tests to identify the chemicals, Sgt. Ron Spear said.
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