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From Baywatch to toxic watch - LA's iconic beaches unrecognisable

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74% Informative

EPA hopes to finish clean-up in LA in just a month after President Donald Trump signed executive order.

Clean-up of fire debris moving at unprecedented speed after 4.5 million tonnes of debris was generated in LA fires.

Environmentalist Bonnie Wright : "This feels like 10 steps backwards" Environmentalists have been campaigning to move toxic waste away from burn sites.

Surfrider Foundation volunteers test ocean water all year long, but their small lab is testing for fecal bacteria - not arsenic.

Surfer Chad White , who grew up in the Palisades , said there's no way he would surf there now - it would be too painful to look at the coast and be reminded of what has been lost.

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76

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informal

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English

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48

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