Community groups in Richmond file lawsuit against state for inadequate toxic waste cleanup
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California agencies are being accused of incorrectly evaluating the consequences of rising sea levels and the toxicity of waste chemicals on a former manufacturing plant owned by AstraZeneca. Richmond’s City Council allegedly changed the environmental cleanup standards in exchange for a realty investor to build 4,000 housing units on the site.
Community and environmental justice groups recently filed suit against California agencies over proposed housing units to be built on the site of AstraZeneca’s former chemical manufacturing plant in south Richmond.
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