mark francis
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Imagine being saddled with an EPA administrator's or official's responsibility to ensure the air people breathe is clean and safe, given the fact that so many chemicals created naturally or by humans for essential uses in the manufacture of essential goods emit hazardous fumes. What can be done to mitigate the hazards and risks before they possibly kill us quickly without warning? And who can victims sue for failures in the government to keep people from getting sick and blaming their illness on these chemicals?
So much to think about with so little time to fix so many huge and multiple problems.
www.newsweek.com
Deep within the Chiquita Canyon Landfill site near Santa Clarita, to the north of Los Angeles, a fire has been burning, releasing noxious gases and vapors that have left local residents smelling foul odors and led to a multiagency task force to be formed to address the issue.
Hazardous chemicals such as benzene—a carcinogen—and dimethyl sulfide, which is considered acutely toxic, have been detected being emitted at the landfill site, along with a host of other compounds, as discarded substances in the landfill mix and react with one another, raising concerns about the impact to locals' health that the emissions could have if not addressed soon.
While they are usually individually in small amounts, he added, they can add up to large amounts of hazardous substances in landfills "because it would be difficult for the public to deal with managing hazardous waste streams" without disposing of them in the trash.
So much to think about with so little time to fix so many huge and multiple problems.
Mysterious California landfill fire raises major health fears
A reaction deep within Chiquita Canyon Landfill is releasing noxious gases and vapors, raising concerns for nearby residents.
www.newsweek.com
Mysterious California Landfill Fire Raises Major Health Fears
Deep within the Chiquita Canyon Landfill site near Santa Clarita, to the north of Los Angeles, a fire has been burning, releasing noxious gases and vapors that have left local residents smelling foul odors and led to a multiagency task force to be formed to address the issue.
Hazardous chemicals such as benzene—a carcinogen—and dimethyl sulfide, which is considered acutely toxic, have been detected being emitted at the landfill site, along with a host of other compounds, as discarded substances in the landfill mix and react with one another, raising concerns about the impact to locals' health that the emissions could have if not addressed soon.
While they are usually individually in small amounts, he added, they can add up to large amounts of hazardous substances in landfills "because it would be difficult for the public to deal with managing hazardous waste streams" without disposing of them in the trash.
