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...notorious Stringfellow Acid Pits near Los Angeles. But even this up-to-date site is a problem for the 300 people who live just over the hills in the town of Casmalia. A little more than a year ago, it seems, fumes started drifting down over the town. Jim Postiff has lived in Casmalia for 20 years, and the odor was new to him. "The first few times we smelled it," he remembers, "we called the fire department. We didn't know what it was." It is a strange, foul odor, not unlike the stench from a sodden...
...rolls in at night with the fog, often strong enough to wake people. But it also comes during the day. People are driven indoors; windows are shut tight in balmy weather; the Hitching Post, a local steakhouse, has occasionally been forced to close. "There is no other topic," says Postiff's wife Paulette. "It seems that's all you talk about or think about...
Nonetheless, people in Casmalia say they feel unwell. Many children seem to have developed bronchitis. McCalip discovered he had high blood pressure late last fall, as did the Vaniters. "I just been so dizzy," says Phyllis. "And our chests hurt." Paulette Postiff has kidney disease, she and her son get sore throats, and her husband has headaches and eye irritation. "Everybody in Casmalia has a runny nose," says Ruthanne Tompkins. "Dave and I are not very health conscious, but if my husband gets cancer because somebody was nasty . . ." The talk almost always turns to carcinomas...
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