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{#evp:youtube|tUGy5_xN28A|Children affected by fly ash|right|210}}In December 2010, students at Bokoshe Elementary in Oklahoma teamed up to ask AES to stop dumping [[fly ash]] from its [[AES Shady Point Generation Plant]] near their homes. The students believe that the [[coal ash]] has caused more than half their class of 17 kids to develop asthma. The fly ash is dumped at a location owned and operated by Making Money Having Fun, LLC. Residents say the ash covers everything. Many people in the tiny eastern Oklahoma town say and they or relatives have trouble breathing. AES insists that the fly ash is safe and the company has taken steps to better contain the fly ash during transport to the dump site. But Bokoshe residents say they have reason to believe differently: "We feel like it's a hot spot for cancer and respiratory ailments,” resident Tim Tanksley told 5NEWS.<ref>Jared Broyles, [http://www.latimes.com/kfsm-bokoshe-students-say-coalburni-120710,0,3615053.story "Bokoshe Students Say Coal-Burning Plant Causing Cancer"] LA Times, Dec. 7, 2010.</ref>