Asthma. Cancer. Heart Disease. All caused by pollution. Vallejo is fighting the proposed cement plant and private port at the Sperry Mill site in a neighborhood already classified as a SB535 Disadvantaged Community. Zip code 94590 has shockingly high rates of air and ground water pollution. Let’s revitalize our Vallejo with real, healthy job growth that benefits everyone. […]
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Davenport, CA – a Tragic Case Study of Toxic SLAG Used in Cement Mixing Plant
In Davenport, California, a slag mill owned by Cemex Corporation was shut down permanently on March 2010 after dust from the plant spread carcinogenic chromium-6 all over town. That’s the same chemical that caused cancer deaths in the movie Erin Brockovich. www.brockovich.com Orcem tells you that the Davenport cement plant is different from theirs and should not […]
Camden, New Jersey – a Tragic Case Study of a “GREEN” Cement Mill
The St. Lawrence Cement Company in Camden, New Jersey is doing the same thing that ORCEM proposes to do in Vallejo. It would ship in blast furnace slag and grind it into a very fine powder for use as a cement additive. However, it never called itself a GREEN business or Green Cement. The cement […]