The residents of the small town of Lamont in southern Kern County in California’s Central Valley, have lived for years next to a composting facility, about which they have complained about worker safety and damage to the environment. The company uses the town’s treated sewage waters for its operations, and now, under new ownership, it is also preparing additional land as an alternative for using the water, if it closes. The neighbors are calling on the company and the local authorities to do everything possible to reduce pollution to the air, water, and soil. Our reporter Rubén Tapia has more.
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