My Home Town 


Living on Earth has a report on air pollution in Port Arthur, TX, where I grew up. You can download the report in MP3 or Real Player audio from the Living on Earth April 23, 2004 show web page.
 

The report says that "People are being slowly and systematically poisoned on a daily basis. And while they may not die today or tomorrow from the insults – from the pollution – they will get cancers and leukemias and brain tumors and kidney failures and so forth from the pollution over the next 10, 15, 20 years."

"A local toxicologist recently conducted a symptom survey of residents in Port Arthur. More than 75 percent had ear/nose/throat problems, respiratory illnesses, muscle and bone diseases -- compared to less than a quarter of those in a control group in Galveston." 

Posted: Saturday - April 24, 2004 at 07:08 AM          

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