Friday, April 2, 2010

Grieving Kettleman City mothers tackle a toxic waste dump - Los Angeles Times

Each had miscarried or given birth to a child with birth defects. Their pain gave them strength to fight for justice.
March 30, 2010|By Louis Sahagun

Reporting from Kettleman City, Calif. — On a rainy afternoon in a cramped trailer, the five homemakers listened as state officials with clipboards asked personal questions: Did they or their husbands smoke, drink or take illicit drugs? Had they been exposed to pesticides or other toxic substances in the United States or Mexico? Do their families have histories of birth defects?

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