the 2008 town hall hearing was held to express problems of the community about a steel ores manufacturing plant that submitted to the aqmd for a concession to expanding its facility to increase pollution emissions . parents and parents were agitated over the facts that the plant was locate directly adjacent to kennedy elementary academy , and that their children were experiencing high levels of leading , respiratory problems , excessive nose - bleeding , and chemotherapy .
There is an outbreak of leukemia among children in California.