"On October 12th, 2011, 16-year-old Armando Ramirez was cleaning out a tunnel at Community Recycling and Resource Recovery, Inc., a large scale waste facility in Lamont, California when he collapsed, suddenly overcome by hydrogen sulfide. Hydrogen sulfide is a toxic gas that attacks the central nervous system and is produced when facilities improperly compost organic waste. Armando's 22-year-old brother, Eladio attempted to rescue Armando but was overcome by the fumes himself.
Armando died before he reached the hospital. Eladio was pronounced brain-dead and died two days later after being removed from life support. Family members reported that the brothers were not provided with any safety protection other than a flimsy painter's mask and rubber boots.
Since opening in 1993, Community Resource and Recycling has repeatedly been fined and cited for violating local and state regulations. Local residents and state politicians are now asking the County to close the facility.
Please join us in protecting this community and sign the petition on Change.org
http://www.change.org/petitions/kern-..."
Blogger Bob's comments: You say so what? Well, this very type of facility was approved by the County of San Bernardino for construction in the High Desert, by a company with a history of complaints in its Adelanto operation (which was shut down). The project would be illegal if it were built in the South Coast Air Quality Management District, which four of the other County Supervisorial Districts are principally covered by, so what does Brad the Toad do, he finds a place in the High Desert for one of his and his former boss' (Postmus) contributors.
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