10/2/2023 0 Comments Pallet fire in compton![]() Black Hammer is taking up the task of building for our future generations. ![]() The united snakkkes along with other colonizer countries will continue to destroy Mother Earth, the world we all call home-starting with Colonized nations and communities first of course. A small list of the many environmental toxins that exist Lead however, is a single toxin in a sea of them within colonial society. ![]() No amount of blood lead levels are considered safe, even by colonial institutions. In children, the detrimental effects are worse damage to the brain & nervous system, slowed growth and development, learning and behavior problems, hearing & speech problems, seizures. Lead is a heavy metal that is found almost anywhere in amerikkka. A study published in 2020 revealed that African children have a 2.8 times higher risk factor for elevated blood lead levels and in some instances up to 5.6 times higher. The damage done to the community, the hazardous and carcinogenic (cancer causing) plume of smoke inhaled by those around and the poor health that comes with simply living in a Colonized community -such as Compton-are staples within these segregated communities.Īfrican communities in amerikkka are heavily infested with environmental toxins, with lead being the most prominent and damaging-a single toxin in a sea of them. Materials in the pallet fire included paint, cardboard and vehicles among others.Įnvironmental Toxins In Colonized Communities The worst part? The pallet fire in particular released toxins in the form of smoke from the burning of materials located at the site, though cancer causing agents were of course released by both fires into the local areas. Victor Sera Marrufo, a senior with kidney disease, slept in his car Wednesday night after the fire destroyed the back building where he was living. Though these colonial media outlets are making it appear as if no homes were lost in the pallet fire, one Indigenous man, lost his shed-a shed he built himself as a place to live in. This fire actually caused damage around the area with local residents having to evacuate. Just a couple main streets away and a few days later, another sprung up on Rosecrans and Alameda this time the cause being a stack of wooden pallets catching flames, eventually spreading to other highly flammable wooden pallets. Local resident waking up to the disaster and cancerous fumes, February 26th, 5:41 AM One fire which took place February 26th, a massive industrial fire that managed to engulf school buses and charter buses at its peak, broke out near the intersection of North Santa Fe Ave and East Weber Ave in the morning hours around 4:30 AM.īy 5:41 AM, the fire was raging and had engulfed much of the area. As of late, the city of Compton has been experiencing worsening air quality due to a couple of fires that have been occurring throughout the last couple of months.
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