you got a problem, because if they do, they ve got to do something about that problem. so who is supposed to do something about all this? what about the agency for toxic substances and disease registry? remember, atsdr? they did the blood tests that found the high dioxin levels. in 1988, they hired chicago expert, peter orris, to advise them on mossville. his advice, polluters should help pay for health care. i thought the local industry, since they knew they were putting these chemicals into the environment, should extend the health insurance they had for their workers to the local community. atsdr ignored the advice. the head of the louisiana department of health and hospitals called orris, quote, an outsider with, quote, unscientific opinions. i was surprised by his response, i must say. it s really tough to have to go back to mossville over and
derouselle sent us this stack of reports, including one from the state, that says cancer rate in the parish is no different from louisiana as a whole. we also got a federal report saying the dioxin levels in people s blood in the parish are similar to a nearby parish. in each one of their reports, says that, you know, there are no health related issues related to the industry in this area and emissions that are reported. subra said the studies don t mean much because they look at the whole county and don t focus just on mossville. part of the problem is this, after two decades of research, the epa has not set an official limit for airborne dioxins from mossville or anywhere else for that matter. i do feel i have a tremendous responsibility. not long after she took
residents were worrying about dioxin, often called the most toxic chemical known. and they convinced the federal agency for toxic substances and disease registry, atsdr, to perform blood tests. they found that the dioxin in the blood level of the residents tested had three times the elevation of people in this country. so the levels are extremely high. where were these dangerous chemicals coming from? the federal agency concluded the source, quote, was not known. we re surrounded by 14 chemical plants in this area, 14! in spite of those high blood dioxin levels, the department of health and hospitals concluded no further investigation is needed. put it down just a little bit on your side. dorothy felix and her friends in the local environmental group mossville environmental action
ghost town, a university of texas researcher did a health survey in mossville and concluded the community was very sick. residents were worrying about dioxin, often called the most toxic chemical known. and they convinced the federal agency for toxic substances and disease registry, atsdr, to perform blood tests. they found that the dioxin in the blood level of the residents tested had three times the elevation of people in this country. so the levels are extremely high. where were these dangerous chemicals coming from? the federal agency concluded the source, quote, was not known. we re surrounded by 14 chemical plants in this area, 14! in spite of those high blood dioxin levels, the department of health and hospitals concluded no further investigation is needed.
she said the dioxins could be traced to georgia gulf. the report said these same types of dioxins are typically found in people living throughout the united states. we were just not able to agree with the findings she presented. federal agencies are very slow to say, folks in mossville, you got a problem, because if they do, they ve got to do something about that problem. so who is supposed to do something about all this? what about the agency for toxic substances and disease registry? remember, atsdr? they did the blood tests that found the high dioxin levels. in 1988, they hired chicago expert, peter orris to advise them on mossville. his advice, polluters should help pay for health care. i thought the local industry, since they knew they were putting these chemicals into the