Bakersfield, CA (B-Town) at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley where oil refineries pollute the air, and there are more cows than people. The dry dessert air constantly filled with dust and pesticides from the massive amount of agriculture.

The safeguarding of Earth and other worlds from biological cross-contamination (i.e. billionaires with too much time on their hands).

Also known as “planetary protection.” Planetary protection / quarantine “reflects both the unknown nature of the space environment and the desire of the scientific community to preserve the pristine nature of celestial bodies until they can be studied in detail.”

There are two types of interplanetary contamination. Forward contamination is the transfer of viable organisms from Earth to another celestial body. Back contamination is the transfer of extraterrestrial organisms, if such exist, back to the Earth's biosphere.

Idk if u realize but Bakersfield is in the valley. The wind pushes all the pollution to us and traps it in the valley, so it's basically most of California's pollution because the winds can bring it all the way from San Francisco.