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  • Roberto Cabrales talks  about toxic sites at CBE headquarters at beginning of Toxic Tour. CBE (Communities for a Better Environement) Toxic Tour takes attendees through various toxic sites in and around Los Angeles, Huntington Park, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Roberto Cabrales talks about the toxicity and smell from the the lead rendering plant in the background. CBE (Communities for a Better Environement) Toxic Tour takes attendees through various toxic sites in and around Los Angeles, vernon, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Roberto Cabrales talks  about toxic sites at CBE headquarters at beginning of Toxic Tour. CBE (Communities for a Better Environement) Toxic Tour takes attendees through various toxic sites in and around Los Angeles, Huntington Park, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Roberto Cabrales talks about the toxicity and smell from the the lead rendering plant in the background. CBE (Communities for a Better Environement) Toxic Tour takes attendees through various toxic sites in and around Los Angeles, vernon, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • O-I Plastic Products. Vernon, just south of downtown Los Angeles, is an incorporated city made up almost entirely of factories, warehouses and other industries that are serviced by the many railroads that run through and near to it. It currenlty has a population of 91 but has an estimated 54,000 workers employed by Vernon’s industries. Toxic emissions and pollution from Vernon affects neighboring communities such as Huntington Park, a town that has been nicknamed Asthmaville because of the respiratory health effects on it’s residents.
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  • Vernon, just south of downtown Los Angeles, is an incorporated city made up almost entirely of factories, warehouses and other industries that are serviced by the many railroads that run through and near to it. It currenlty has a population of 91 but has an estimated 54,000 workers employed by Vernon’s industries. Toxic emissions and pollution from Vernon affects neighboring communities such as Huntington Park, a town that has been nicknamed Asthmaville because of the respiratory health effects on it’s residents.
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  • Old shack and railroad yards. Vernon, just south of downtown Los Angeles, is an incorporated city made up almost entirely of factories, warehouses and other industries that are serviced by the many railroads that run through and near to it. It currenlty has a population of 91 but has an estimated 54,000 workers employed by Vernon’s industries. Toxic emissions and pollution from Vernon affects neighboring communities such as Huntington Park, a town that has been nicknamed Asthmaville because of the respiratory health effects on it’s residents.
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  • Malburg Generating Station, Vernon Power Plant. Vernon, just south of downtown Los Angeles, is an incorporated city made up almost entirely of factories, warehouses and other industries that are serviced by the many railroads that run through and near to it. It currenlty has a population of 91 but has an estimated 54,000 workers employed by Vernon’s industries. Toxic emissions and pollution from Vernon affects neighboring communities such as Huntington Park, a town that has been nicknamed Asthmaville because of the respiratory health effects on it’s residents.
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  • Petroleum Pipeline sign. A crowd of local residents and high school students march to, and protest in front of the Tesoro Oil refinery headquarters in Wilmington, California near Long Beach. Texas oil giants Tesoro Corp. and Valero Energy Inc. launched and financed a ballot initiative for this November’s election to suspend AB 32, the landmark state law signed by Governor Schwarzenegger in 2006 that requires that the state's greenhouse gas emissions be reduced to 1990 levels by 2020, a roughly 25% reduction. Tesoro and Valero claim that AB 32 will cost California jobs and are calling their measure the “California jobs Initiative”. If passed it will suspend AB 32 until unemployment falls below 5.5% for at least a year, it is currently at 12%. Opponents of the initiative claim that in fact AB 32 will create new Green jobs, and Gov. Schwarzenegger has said that “This initiative sponsored by greedy Texas oil companies would cripple California's fastest-growing economic sector, reverse our renewable energy policy and decimate our environmental progress for the benefit of these oil companies' profit margins.”
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  • A crowd of local residents and high school students march to, and protest in front of the Tesoro Oil refinery headquarters in Wilmington, California near Long Beach. Texas oil giants Tesoro Corp. and Valero Energy Inc. launched and financed a ballot initiative for this November’s election to suspend AB 32, the landmark state law signed by Governor Schwarzenegger in 2006 that requires that the state's greenhouse gas emissions be reduced to 1990 levels by 2020, a roughly 25% reduction. Tesoro and Valero claim that AB 32 will cost California jobs and are calling their measure the “California jobs Initiative”. If passed it will suspend AB 32 until unemployment falls below 5.5% for at least a year, it is currently at 12%. Opponents of the initiative claim that in fact AB 32 will create new Green jobs, and Gov. Schwarzenegger has said that “This initiative sponsored by greedy Texas oil companies would cripple California's fastest-growing economic sector, reverse our renewable energy policy and decimate our environmental progress for the benefit of these oil companies' profit margins.”
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  • On July 22, 2010, over a thousand protesters marched to Occidental Petroleum offices in Westwood, Los Angeles to demonstrate against the California state loophole that allows oil companies to extract oil, tax free. Of the major oil producing states, only California does not have an oil severance tax on the million barrels of crude that are extracted from California lands and waters each year, money that is much needed revenue for the state’s budget shortfall. Many people feel the oil tax could amount to over $1 billion and could offset proposed major budget spending cuts and job losses. Los Angeles, California, USA.
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  • On July 22, 2010, over a thousand protesters marched to Occidental Petroleum offices in Westwood, Los Angeles to demonstrate against the California state loophole that allows oil companies to extract oil, tax free. Of the major oil producing states, only California does not have an oil severance tax on the million barrels of crude that are extracted from California lands and waters each year, money that is much needed revenue for the state’s budget shortfall. Many people feel the oil tax could amount to over $1 billion and could offset proposed major budget spending cuts and job losses. Los Angeles, California, USA.
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  • On July 22, 2010, over a thousand protesters marched to Occidental Petroleum offices in Westwood, Los Angeles to demonstrate against the California state loophole that allows oil companies to extract oil, tax free. Los Angeles, California, USA.
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  • A crowd of local residents and high school students march to, and protest in front of the Tesoro Oil refinery headquarters in Wilmington, California near Long Beach.
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  • Residential houses next to oil refinery at Wilmington. Wilmington has one the highest risks of cancer due to it's proximity to the Port of Los Angeles at Long Beach, and the several oil refineries in the vicinity. Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Residential houses next to oil refinery at Wilmington. Wilmington has one the highest risks of cancer due to it's proximity to the Port of Los Angeles at Long Beach, and the several oil refineries in the vicinity. Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Young latino boy plays in the shadow of an oil refinery in Wilmington.
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  • Residential houses next to oil refinery at Wilmington. Wilmington has one the highest risks of cancer due to it's proximity to the Port of Los Angeles at Long Beach, and the several oil refineries in the vicinity. Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • July 24, 2010. Laying down the soil for the final preparations of the planting beds at the Venice Community Garden. The 2 foot deep beds are layered with 3 inches of rocks as a buffer between the roots and the bad soil below, but will still allow water to drain. White Gypsum powder is spread on top of the rocks and then watered to break down the soil particles and hard clay below for better drainage and to enable aeration by worms and microorganisms. Plastic sheeting is stapled around the sides of the beds to keep toxins (such as the arsenic and lead found in the soil samples), to leach into the soil during rains. Weed cloth is then stapled around the beds to prevent the roots from tearing a hole in the plastic sheeting and accessing the toxic soil on the outside. For the planting soil, a 50/50 mix of organic matter and city compost is layered on top of the rocks, and beds are now ready for planting. The Venice Garden broke ground in April, 2010. Soil tests revealed high levels of arsenic and lead because of previous uses which included a railroad line going through the lot. Steps were taken which included adding protective layers and adding new soil. Planting began in August and the first harvest was in October, 2010. Venice, California, USA
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  • July 24, 2010. Watering the Gypsum for the final preparations of the planting beds at the Venice Community Garden. The 2 foot deep beds are layered with 3 inches of rocks as a buffer between the roots and the bad soil below, but will still allow water to drain. White Gypsum powder is spread on top of the rocks and then watered to break down the soil particles and hard clay below for better drainage and to enable aeration by worms and microorganisms. Plastic sheeting is stapled around the sides of the beds to keep toxins (such as the arsenic and lead found in the soil samples), to leach into the soil during rains. Weed cloth is then stapled around the beds to prevent the roots from tearing a hole in the plastic sheeting and accessing the toxic soil on the outside. For the planting soil, a 50/50 mix of organic matter and city compost is layered on top of the rocks, and beds are now ready for planting. The Venice Garden broke ground in April, 2010. Soil tests revealed high levels of arsenic and lead because of previous uses which included a railroad line going through the lot. Steps were taken which included adding protective layers and adding new soil. Planting began in August and the first harvest was in October, 2010. Venice, California, USA
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  • July 24, 2010. Watering the Gypsum for the final preparations of the planting beds at the Venice Community Garden. The 2 foot deep beds are layered with 3 inches of rocks as a buffer between the roots and the bad soil below, but will still allow water to drain. White Gypsum powder is spread on top of the rocks and then watered to break down the soil particles and hard clay below for better drainage and to enable aeration by worms and microorganisms. Plastic sheeting is stapled around the sides of the beds to keep toxins (such as the arsenic and lead found in the soil samples), to leach into the soil during rains. Weed cloth is then stapled around the beds to prevent the roots from tearing a hole in the plastic sheeting and accessing the toxic soil on the outside. For the planting soil, a 50/50 mix of organic matter and city compost is layered on top of the rocks, and beds are now ready for planting. The Venice Garden broke ground in April, 2010. Soil tests revealed high levels of arsenic and lead because of previous uses which included a railroad line going through the lot. Steps were taken which included adding protective layers and adding new soil. Planting began in August and the first harvest was in October, 2010. Venice, California, USA
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