Emissions at Riverside County Plant Carcinogenic
The head of the South Coast Air Quality Management District said that emissions from a cement factory are high enough that the factory's owner must warn local residents of health risks from a chemical emitted at the plant. The substance -- chromium 6 -- has been linked to nasal and lung cancer.
- "Plant Near Riverside Is Said To Emit Carcinogen" (Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 4/15).