the previous municipal board hearing was opened to address objections of the population about a steel plating manufacturing facility that applied to the aqmd for a permit to expand its facilities to increase pollution emissions . families and workers were concerned over the reality that the plant was located directly nearby to central public school , and that their children were experiencing high quantities of lead , breathe problems , excessive nose - bleeding , and leukemia .
There is an outbreak of leukemia among children in California.