Report: LA County fell short in addressing Chiquita Canyon health impacts

Report: LA County fell short in addressing Chiquita Canyon health impacts

Castaic, CA – February 22: An aerial view of trucks unloading, heavy equipment spreading trash over a hill near where 100 metal storage containers storing contaminated or polluted water, holding up to 20,000 gallons each as the result of an underground landfill fire at Chiquita Canyon Landfill in Castaic Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. Around 200,000 gallons of the contaminated water is coming out of the landfill each day. Environmental regulators have…

State Audit Finds L.A. County Public Health Falls Short Of Needed Response To Chiquita Canyon Landfill Health Crisis

A new California State Auditor report released Tuesday found the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health's response to the ongoing public health crisis surrounding the Chiquita Canyon Landfill fire has fallen short, including taking two years to call for temporary relocation, not staying current on health impacts, and failing to regularly review the air quality where toxins have made neighbors sick for years.