The day before the local high school’s homecoming parade last week, the Martinez Refining Company posted on Facebook wishing students a happy homecoming. But just 24 hours later, the refinery, qui…
The Martinez Refining Company released ‘coke dust’ into nearby neighborhoods the second week of July. A second release, which did not leave the site, occurred on July 23. The day before the local high school’s homecoming parade last week, the Martinez Refining Company posted on Facebook wishing students a happy homecoming.At 11 a.m. on Friday, October 6, an ominous plume of black dust bellowed up from the Martinez Refining Company and floated into the city’s downtown.
It was only the latest in a series of chemical releases that now seem to come on a nearly monthly basis, and the third coke dust event since July. Only days later did the County Health Department alert residents that the sand contained harmful metals like aluminum, chromium, and barium. Over the past year, there have been several other releases from the refinery, although none as harmful or widespread as the incident in November.
“Here’s the problem: the community members, we are the warning system,” Taylor said. “We are the ones saying, ‘oh my god, there is dust on their cars’. What kills me is that’s not our job.”
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