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Kettleman Hills Hazardous Waste Facility

In 2009, Greenaction alleged that there was a cluster of birth defects in Kettleman City, after five infants were born with cleft lip and/or palate between September 2007 and November 2008.



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Waste Management, Inc

In November 2010, some residents of Kettleman City, California complained to the EPA about Waste Management's plan to double the size of its Kettleman Hills Hazardous Waste Facility, a local dump that has been connected to hazardous waste such as asbestos, pesticides, and PCBs.