There are three Superfund Sites found in Stanislaus County. According to the search engine, the websites were the Modesto Ground Water Contamination, Riverbank Army Ammunition Plant, and Valley Wood Preserving.
A Superfund Site is responsible to remove hazardous materials from a specific area, and one that is near where I live is the Modesto Ground Water Contamination.
In my county, the air quality is good 55% of the time every year. This is something that did not really shock me, because the valley consists of a lot of farming. Every so often chemicals are sprayed on farms, and this causes the county to have bad air quality. The water quality on the other hand, is shown to be not so bad and this makes me happy!
My zip code shows that the environmental and social justices are divided up pretty much equally. Although, in some cases it does have a smaller impact on those who are slightly above the poverty line.
That's interesting to read that dairy farms are the most pollutant causing sites in your area. I wonder about the type of pollution that dairy farms specifically produce, is it mostly in regard to animal waste or in general milk production? I am happy to see that water and air quality are great where you live, my area definitely needs some improvement!
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DeleteI think it would probably be caused by the production!