the next town hall meetings was convened to address concerns of the community about a steel plating industrial plant that applied to the aqmd for a permit to expand its capability to increase exhaust emissions . parents and teachers were concerned over the facts that the plant was located directly adjacent to kennedy elementary center , and that their children were experiencing high doses of lead , cough problems , frequent nose - bleeding , and cancers .
There is an outbreak of leukemia among children in California.