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PARAMOUNT - A sulfur dioxide leak at a Paramount refinery sent 19 schoolchildren to hospitals Monday with complaints of respiratory problems and nausea as investigators worked to determine the cause of the incident.
Firefighters were sent to Paramount Petroleum at Lakewood and Somerset boulevards just after 11:30 a.m. to check on reports of a large, dark chemical cloud in the area, said Los Angeles County Fire Inspector Andrew Olvera.See the full content of this document
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Fumes Send Kids to Hospitals
The sulfur dioxide cloud wafted over Wirtz School, which neighbors the refinery,...
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