Fish Caught Here Are Unfit for Human Consumption

Fish Caught Here Are Unfit for Human Consumption SUBSCRIBE 👉 @hawkpodcasts Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/@hawkpodcasts/join Hawk visits Manhattan Beach in Los Angeles and discovers something troubling hiding behind one of the most beautiful coastlines in Southern California. Directly adjacent to the beach sits a massive Chevron oil and chemical refinery, its footprint larger than the entire town of El Segundo, which was built to house Chevron workers. Posted signs at the Manhattan Beach pier warn that fish and shellfish caught in the area are unfit for human consumption due to Chevron facility pollution. Despite the warnings, people are swimming, surfing, and enjoying the water just yards from active smoke stacks, offshore tankers, and a pipeline filling those tankers along one of the most expensive stretches of oceanfront real estate in the country. The area is also hemmed in by LAX airport to the north, with planes taking off every 90 seconds, adding noise and air pollution to a community already saturated with industrial emissions from the refinery. The beach looks stunning. The water is another story. #ManhattanBeach #Chevron #LosAngeles #ElSegundo #LAX #OilRefinery #BeachPollution #EnvironmentalHazard #WaterPollution #CaliforniaBeach #IndustrialPollution #ChevronRefinery #ToxicWater #Hawk #HawkPodcasts #SouthernCalifornia #CoastalPollution #PublicHealth #OceanPollution #Environment Timestamps 0:00 Intro and setting the scene in El Segundo and Manhattan Beach 0:25 El Segundo: a beautiful town sandwiched by LAX and Chevron 0:54 Just how massive the Chevron oil refinery really is 1:20 Why this refinery probably could not be built here today 2:02 Driving past the Chevron facility to reach Manhattan Beach 2:45 Tankers, smoke stacks, and the offshore pipeline on the beach 3:07 The warning signs: fish caught here are unfit for human consumption 4:12 The smell, the smoke stacks, and people swimming anyway If you have the means and want to support Hawk you can become a Channel Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCcrmvbQbfwSZaTgBZPrjMQ/join SUPPORT & CONNECT WITH HAWK - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mdg650hawk - Hawk's Merch Store: https://hawkmerchstore.com - Connect on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mdg650hawk7thacct - Connect on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/mdg650hawk.bsky.social - Connect on Substack: https://mdg650hawk.substack.com - Connect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hawkpodcasts - Connect on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mdg650hawk - Connect on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/mdg650hawk ALL HAWK PODCASTS INFO - Additional Content Available Here: https://www.hawkpodcasts.com https://www.youtube.com/@hawkpodcasts - Listen to Hawk Podcasts On Your Favorite Platform: Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3RWeJfy Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/422GDuL YouTube: https://youtube.com/@hawkpodcasts iHeartRadio: https://ihr.fm/47vVBdP Pandora: https://bit.ly/48COaTB