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Advocates urge State Water Board to examine waste-worker fatalities, toxic exposures and water-quality risks
Summary
A coalition-led public presentation to the State Water Board documented multiple Latino waste-worker fatalities and alleged systemic safety and contamination problems at Bay Area waste sites, urging comprehensive public hearings and a worker-complaint portal to address Cal/OSHA enforcement shortcomings and water-quality impacts.
During public forum at the Dec. 2 State Water Board meeting, Jeff Ellsworth (former mayor of St. Helena and member of Cal LULAC) presented a slide-backed account alleging multiple Latino waste-worker fatalities at Bay Area facilities, alleged exposures to radioactive and other toxic wastes, and a pattern of fires and contamination incidents that can affect water quality.
Ellsworth said the California LULAC Waste Workers Advocacy Committee,…
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