LOS ANGELES — A county board in central California approved the expansion of the largest toxic-waste dump in the West.
The Kings County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday upheld an earlier decision to allow Chemical Waste Management to expand its 1,600-acre facility near Kettleman City in the San Joaquin Valley.
Community members iurged the board to reject the expansion over concerns about an increase in birth defects and infant deaths.
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