A new report outlines serious issues with Chiquita Canyon Landfill in Castaic, which has generated more than 2,100 odor complaints since May.
A Castaic landfill emitting noxious odors making nearby residents ill was hit with a report from a state environmental agency listing nearly a dozen serious problems and 15 recommended fixes that include adding gas collection wells and covering up cracks with a two-foot thick earthen layer.
Benzene is a known human carcinogen, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and at high exposures, studies found it can cause leukemia in humans. Landfill Manager Steve Cassulo did not respond to a message left on his phone by deadline on Wednesday. Laurance Israel, supervising air quality inspector with the AQMD, testified at the hearing that there have been 2,100 complaints roughly from May 1 to Sept. 6, and that reports of health problems were increasing.On Wednesday, Dr. Nichole Quick, director of the health protection bureau of the county’s Department of Public Health , said these kinds of acute symptoms are consistent with exposure to landfill gases.
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