San Francisco State University
Children Of Lead
As toxic emissions pour from the biggest chimney in Latin America, Michael William Mendoza Garcia, 3, turns away in tears. Michael lives just across the river from the plant and is exposed to a high level of gas. He cries when the air is dense with gas because, "it makes him nauseated and causes vomiting," says his mother Maribel Garcia Torres. As the plant continues to release lead, copper, zinc and sulfur dioxide into the air on a daily basis, generations of young children will be exposed to environmental and health risks .
