the previous township hall hearing was held to address concerns of the area about a steel plating manufacturing plant that petitioned to the aqmd for a contract to expand its facilities to reduce pollution awareness . parents and employees were distressed over the facts that the plant was not directly adjacent to this elementary school , and that their children were experiencing highest level of dust , respiratory problems , exaggerated noses - bleeding , and leukemia .
There is an outbreak of leukemia among children in California.