the previous community hall meeting was convened to raise concerns of the district about a steel plated construction plant that applied to the aqmd for a clearance to expand its capability to increase contamination emissions . parents and parents were concerned over the facts that the station was located directly next to kennedy junior school , and that their children were facing large elevations of exposure , respiratory troubles , excessive nose - bleeding , and leukemia .
There is an outbreak of leukemia among children in California.