BENICIA (KPIX) – An environmental watchdog claims it caught a polluter on camera in the act of repeatedly discharging a petroleum byproduct illegally into the bay at the Port of Benicia.The port of Benicia, owned by Amports, mostly exports cars. But it also stores and exports petroleum coke, a byproduct of the oil refining industry. Neighbors have been complaining about breathing toxic dust from ‘petcoke' for years. Now they say they finally have proof there's a serious problem.READ MORE: COVID: UCSF Researchers Examine Impact Of Coronavirus On Young Brains After 3 Teens Develop PsychosisMarilyn Bardet is an artist, though most in Benicia where she lives know her as an environmental activist.

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