the 2009 town hall meeting was held to clarify concerns of the area about a steel plating manufacturing plant that applied to the aqmd for a permit to upgrade its facilities to add pollution emissions . parents and teachers were concerned over the facts that the plant was located directly adjacent to central elementary school , and that their children were experiencing high levels of dust , respiratory problems , excessive nose - bleeding , and leukemia .
There is an outbreak of leukemia among children in California.