Heal the Bay says its staff spent the past year reviewing eight years of records on wastewater discharges kept by the Los Angeles Water Quality Control Board. The findings: "A shocking pattern of lax oversight and enforcement of clean water regulations...polluters have been allowed to release millions of gallons of toxic-laden effluents into receiving bodies with virtual impunity in Los Angeles and Ventura counties." The report is due to go up on the web around midnight.

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