Title supplied by cataloger. Approximately 150 employees at Mepec Central Labs, located at 4520 Electronics Place near Griffith Park, were evacuated today when they smelled a "strange odor" in their building. Most of the evacuees were back to work within a few hours, but 18 people were taken to the hospital for treatment of persistent medical complaints. Photograph dated September 28, 1988.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;13 x 35 cm. on sheet 15 x 36 cm. Photographic prints
Hazardous substances--Accidents--California--Los Angeles Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--California--Los Angeles Buildings--Evacuation--California--Los Angeles Hazardous substances--California--Los Angeles Industrial facilities--California--Los Angeles Electronics Place (Los Angeles, Calif.) Atwater Village (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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