California Family Alleges Death, Disease Due To Exposure To Refinery Emissions

( September 25, 2026, 9:20 AM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A family filed a lawsuit in a California court alleging claims for wrongful death, negligence and personal injury against multiple refinery facilities and their historical owners or operators, alleging that their father’s death and their diseases were caused by chronic residential exposure to hazardous air pollutants and refinery byproducts, including benzene, particulate matter, soot and ash, in Los Angeles County area refinery facilities in Carson and Wilmington from approximately 1975 through 1989....

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