Below is a list of some of the contaminants that have been released into the environment, and was detected in the soil, groundwater, and/or air from the Cal Compact Landfill:

1,2-dichlorethane (1,2-DCA)

Alpha-BHC

Antimony

Benzene

Benzo(a)anthracene

Benzo(b)fluoranthene

Beryllium

Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate)

Ethylbenzene

Tetrachloroethylene (PCE)

Toluene

Trichlorethene (TCE)

Vinyl Chloride

Xylenes

In September 2018 and March 2019 the Department of Toxic Substances Control sent out a letter to notify the surrounding community of Remedial Field Work at the Cal Compact Landfill. It is not warning of any danger of toxins being accidentally released. It doesn’t tell us it may cause cracks in our foundation allowing toxic gases to be released. It doesn’t tell us how being exposed to the chemicals and/or the pounding alone can cause us to lose hearing or that the two together puts us at a greater risk. It has no warning of what to do if you think you may have come in contact with or contracted a disease from their activities in contaminated land. It does however tell us we can get the project documents at Carson Regional Library. Carson Library is working out of trailers in the parking lot and are calling it an express library. I called the library and the woman who answered the phone put me on hold while she located the documents. She came back on the line and told me she did not have them, maybe they are in a box, maybe they sent them back.

Did you receive any warning in the past 50 years that hazardous substances from the Cal Compact site had entered the environment? Anyone warn you to close your windows or drink bottled water? No, here in Carson instead of telling us what horrific diseases they have subjected us to they tell us a new mall or football team is coming. Time and time again after years of moving, digging, and covering up the contamination, they have exposed us to a life of suffering.

Benzene is one of the most dangerous contaminants we have been exposed to. It wouldn’t have been so bad if they didn’t disturb the contaminated land by digging, drilling, and pounding piles in more than 60 feet, all that can release gases such a benzine. A lot has been done but not enough, and the evidence of that is we have people suffering every day with symptoms and illnesses. For many unless you know what you have been exposed to or your symptoms have turned into a full blown disease it can take your doctor years to diagnosed. We have Carson residents that have passed away just weeks of being diagnosed with cancer, and others that have spent 10 years battling cancer, managed to get it into remission only to have it reoccur.

The people representing the State of California, Los Angeles County, the corporations, and the City of Carson have decided to make our generation pay the price of getting a mall built on that contaminated land. They decided to go ahead with building on contaminated land without taking on the expense of protecting the people in the surrounding communities.

We’ve identified some of the toxins released into the soil, air and/or groundwater. We’ve also identified some symptoms associated with these toxins such as difficulty breathing, elevated heart rate, chest pain, anxiety, fatigue, dizziness, impaired short term memory, inability to concentrate, and skin irritation and illnesses such as Autism, Breast Cancer, Lymphoma, Cardiac Arrhythmia, Spontaneous Abortions, Tinnitus and many more.

Take a look at the survey and see if you have any of the many symptoms and/or illnesses.

Could it be the people in office are not in any way representing the people of Carson. Each time the property was deemed to be contaminating our environment it had a private owner which by federal law was responsible for any environment catastrophe. Instead we were told about some great project as the ownership changed hands. Los Angeles County was deemed responsible for the cleanup of that site, but Carson is footing the bill. Are our elected officials representing the Carson residents the same way Porter Ranch is being represented?