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California | Central Valley | San Francisco | En Español | Environment & Forest Defense | Health, Housing, and Public Services | Racial JusticeClean Air for Kettleman City!
Kettleman City is half-way between SF and Los Angeles in Kings County. It has the largest toxic waste dump west of the Mississippi. Waste Management of Houston, Texas, runs the dump and takes in carcinogenic PCBs from old transformers.
Jared Blumenfeld, the regional administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, launched a federal inquiry into the Kettleman City birth defects calling the situation “a human tragedy at a scale...none of us would want to have to endure. We will take our time and spend time on the ground,” he said, alluding to activists’ complaints that state officials had refused to visit the beleaguered enclave. “When I hear about people doing reports without going to the community, it makes my blood boil,” Blumenfeld said. --L.A. Times, Jan. 29, 2010
Blumenfeld was appointed to head the EPA's Region 9 in January, 2010.
A few hours before the January 27th demonstration Brian Edwards-Tiekert, KPFA Morning Show, interviews Bradley Angel, Executive Director of Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice, and Maricela Mares Alatorre, Kettleman City resident and spokeswoman for El Pueblo Para El Aire y Agua Limpio/People for Clean Air and Water.
Eight-minute MP3. 1MB.  6a00d8341c630a53ef0128771... Maria Saulcedo sits next to a memorial to her daughter Ashley, who died at the age of 11 months. Five babies, including Ashley, were born with cleft palates in Kettleman City over a 14-month period, and some residents blame a nearby toxic waste dump. Credit: Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times
 babywithwhiteteddy.jpg Ivan Hernandez Jr. was one of five Kettleman City babies born with cleft palates during a 14-month span beginning in September 2007. The community has 1,500 residents. Credit: Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times
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