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“Chiquita Canyon Landfill ordered to take further actions to address odors”

“LOS ANGELES — It's been over a year since residents living near the Chiquita Canyon Landfill in Castaic began dealing with a constant rotting like smell in connection to the landfill. 

According to CalEPA, since May 2022, an inactive part of the Chiquita Canyon Landfill has had an exothermic chemical reaction occurring underground. As a result, a noxious odor formed and has been spreading to nearby communities. The reaction is also producing contaminated waste water called leachate, which CalEPA found to have high levels of benzene, a cancer-causing chemical harmful to public health and the environment. ”