the previous public hall meet was held to discuss problems of the community about a steel plating manufacturing plant that applied to the aqmd for a permit to expand its resources to increase toxic emissions . students and staff were concerned over the facts that the operation was located approximately adjacent to an elementary building , and that their children were having high volumes of pollution , respiratory problems , excessive nasal - swelling , and leukemia .
There is an outbreak of leukemia among children in California.