Mothers of East Los Angeles

That's because a lot of their neighbors were feeling dizzy and anxious, and they were experiencing eye irritation, nausea, and headaches.

And I talked often with Mark Lopez of East Yard, and one thing that I knew about Mark is that his grandmother was the founder of Mothers of East L.A., And that's a grassroots group that mobilize against a range of environmental threats in their communities.

And there's a long history here of environmental justice organizing against polluters like Exide, which is a battery recycling plant that caused lead contamination in Southeast L.A., Boyle Heights and East L.A. Here's Mark.

You know, coming from working class backgrounds, we've seen our parents go to work when they're sick, when they're injured.