As a result, they knew how the plant functioned and understood that some releases functioned as a safety valve. Many whites who live in Norco worked for Shell, which didn’t hire residents from Diamond. Why was their perspective different? Lerner suggests a few answers. People in Diamond who complain about the pollution are ‘just out for a buck’ some Norco residents claimed.” “Talk with some Norco residents,” writes Lerner, “and they will tell you that they love Norco, that the smell from the plants is not so bad, that a lot of people in town live to a ripe old age, that statistically they are in betterthan-average health, and that the explosions at Shell are ancient history. Lerner is especially deft-and honest-at describing their point of view. However, the white population in Norco, which lived just behind a wooded divide, viewed its quality of life quite differently.
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