Oil and agriculture--the Valley's two biggest industries--both need a place to dispose of waste. So do San Francisco and Los Angeles. As a result, California's only hazardous waste dumps were built in Kettleman City and Buttonwillow.
Katie Vo, Margaret Tebbe and Taranjot Bhari. 11 September 2023, "Buttonwillow", Disaster STS Network, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 6 November 2023, accessed 1 December 2024. http://465538.bc062.asia/content/buttonwillow
