the previous town hall meeting was scheduled to addresses concerns of the community about a steel plating manufacturing plant that applied to the aqmd for a permit to widen its facilities to increases pollution emissions . parents and teachers were concerned over the revelation that the plant was sited directly near to kennedy memorial school , and that their children were experiencing moderate levels of lead , kidney problems , acute nose - bleeding , and leukemia .
There is an outbreak of leukemia among children in California.