the 2016 town hall congress was hosted to address concerns of the county about a steel plating manufacturing plant that petitioned to the aqmd for a permit to expand its infrastructure to increase pollution emissions . parents and teachers were concerned over the facts that the station was located directly adjacent to this elementary campus , and that their kids were experiencing high emissions of lead , kidney problems , excessive nose - bleeding , and leukemia .
There is an outbreak of leukemia among children in California.