KTLA 5

“Chiquita Canyon Landfill’s toxic fumes causing cancer cluster, neighbors say”

“Local and state leaders gathered near the Chiquita Canyon Landfill in Castaic Tuesday to demand more be done to protect the community from the odorous and toxic fumes, which they say has created a cluster of cancer cases.

State Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo (D-Chatsworth) said in a news release that on one particular street with 14 homes, seven people are battling cancer, including four diagnosed this year alone.

Schiavo herself stayed in that neighborhood to demonstrate the danger, developing several symptoms of illness despite her “short exposure.””