Citing Odors, City Calls for Cleanup at Landfill
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Nontoxic odors that make people ill should be reason enough for the city of Los Angeles to be required to reduce gas emissions from Lopez Canyon Landfill near Lake View Terrace, a top county health officer said Thursday.
“Our view is that it is no good for people to have nausea, headaches and other health problems that are caused by odor nuisances,” Dr. Paul J. Papanek Jr. told a South Coast Air Quality Management District hearing.
Papanek, chief of the county Department of Health Services’ toxics epidemiology and disease control programs, spoke to a five-member hearing board that is investigating alleged violations of state air pollution laws at the landfill.
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