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Notice that you said "if". There haven't been any actual studies conducted to prove or disprove that the Sriracha factory is polluting the air surrounding the f

Notice that you said "if". There haven't been any actual studies conducted to prove or disprove that the Sriracha factory is polluting the air surrounding the factory -- only anecdotal evidence about asthma symptoms flaring up and burning eyes. There are official channels in place for factories to be shut down for pollution. They can't be used in this case because the AQMB has yet to find any air quality violations at the factory. If Sriracha is really causing these symptoms, wouldn't they be most prevalent in people who work at the actual factory in question? Why is there no anecdotal evidence of their loss of quality of life?

Fomite 13y ago
Having more than passing familiarity with this, the mechanisms to close down a factory due to pollution are long, agonizing, expensive for the city and its people, and unlikely to succeed. Part of this is an ever moving, never quite enough demand for "actual studies" and evidence. If you provide an epidemiology study, they'll demand clinical trials. Clinical trials? Not generalizable, bring on the epidemiology. But you haven't done a proper toxicology study....