Rainfall Washing Metal Waste Into Los Angeles River, Suit Says

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A metal heat treating business is allowing metal shavings, aluminum, and copper particulates to be released into the environment through stormwater, potentially contaminating the Los Angeles River, an environmental group alleged in federal district court Thursday.Coast Heat Treating Co.'s operations and deteriorating industrial building are contributing to metal pollution, Los Angeles Waterkeeper said in a complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.