Pa. parents sue FirstEnergy over girl's illness

I have a friend who grew up in Pennsylvania and whose family is riddled with neurologic problems. If this is true, I'm not surprised, as this is what she has been telling me for years.

Where's Erin Brockovich when ya need her?
I can remember in the 80's when Ohio Ed. on Gorge Blvd. would "blow it's stacks". There was a brownish-red dust on cars and things when I lived on Annapolis!

Billion dollar businesses; no shame or culpability. They lie, lie and lie. Show them proof, or they deny, deny, deny.

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Diane wrote:

Billion dollar businesses; no shame or culpability. They lie, lie and lie. Show them proof, or they deny, deny, deny.

I missed something....is this thread about Bill Clinton???

Al Gore wrote:

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NICE!!!!!!!
(Hmmmm....maybe why ABJ pulled the link????)

kathyd wrote:

Where's Erin Brockovich when ya need her?
I can remember in the 80's when Ohio Ed. on Gorge Blvd. would "blow it's stacks". There was a brownish-red dust on cars and things when I lived on Annapolis!

Yah, yer right.
Sunrise over Akron was a sight.....
Ironic that when the "jobs left Akron" (read cessation of production at the rubber shops), the environmentalists rejoiced, the morning sky cleared, good folks' careers evaporated, and future politicians blamed NAFTA.
The Gorge plant, the rubber shops and, for that matter the railroads were considered the acceptable risks of a thriving economy.....(no?)
IMHO, "balance" is more the answer than knee-jerk extremism. A little soot is the price of progress....LOTS is a hazard.......Balance, my friends....balance.
Be well all.
DJ
So much blame, so many culprits....(sigh)...

You most certainly missed the boat. She was implying that an idiot claimed Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, started a war over it, and then claimed victory. That idiot would be George Bush.

DLJ wrote:

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I missed something....is this thread about Bill Clinton???

reminds me of a story about a place called Love Canal... it took those people YEARS AND YEARS to finally get justice. Stick with it, don't give up!

Diane wrote:

Billion dollar businesses; no shame or culpability. They lie, lie and lie. Show them proof, or they deny, deny, deny.

The US electric generation industry is one of the most regulated industries in the world. Every emission, every discharge, every phase of the process from fuel storage to the wall plug in your house is tightly regulated by a multitude of local, state, and federal agencies. Failure to adhere to these laws and regs equals huge fines and possible criminal cases. And I'm not even talking nuclear.

Mistakes indeed happen. The soot discharges at the Mansfield plant were the result of erroneous process. Once that process was identified, it was stopped. FE admitted it was the source, strove to clean up properties affected, communicated with local and state governments, and paid its fine.

I feel for this little girl and her family. If they feel thallium from coal soot is the cause of her ailments, I hope they can prove it and win.

To assume that large corporations have some sort of immunity to the truth is not accurate. Believe me, I've been there. When the feces hit the fan, the records, the logs, the documentation had better be ready yesterday or The Government will severely kick some butt.

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True, it is regulated, or it supposed to be. If it is, then, how is it this particular power plant has had 2 more such "accidents" since the original and they have been outside of EPA compliancy for something like 10 years? I just visited that area to attend a family reunion. Gracie is my cousin's grandchild and it broke my heart to see her as she is. There is a great deal more wrong with her than just hair loss (and she was born without birth defects). She is not the only one in the family to have had problems we think are associated with this fallout. Deformed nails, hair loss, extreme paleness, excessive bleeding… the list goes on and on. When I visited Hill's Grocery Sunday July 20th, I saw numerous people walking around wearing wigs or with bandanas covering their balding heads. Some may have been cancer patients but I doubt they all were.
You say coal soot was all that was in the fallout. News articles say it contained arsenic and other toxins. The power co. bought everyone's gardens - why did they do that if it wasn't toxic? People are drinking the milk of cows feeding on the grass in that area. They are buying the local produce. Children are playing outside. People are getting sick. Yes, we DO need an Erin Brockovich! And the people who are making the decisions at the power plant need some jail time when this is finally proven!!

Scooter Moonpie wrote:

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The US electric generation industry is one of the most regulated industries in the world... Believe me, I've been there. When the feces hit the fan, the records, the logs, the documentation had better be ready yesterday or The Government will severely kick some butt.

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Really? Well then, why does the article say,["The Bruce Mansfield plant in Shippingport has long been targeted by state and federal regulators, as well as environmental activists who have sued FirstEnergy, claiming the facility continues to violate Pennsylvania pollution standards."]? They are so regulated that they ignore the fines and warnings and continue business as usual, with 3 fallouts so far. This has gone on and on.

Local people cannot just move - who would buy their homes? On top of it being a depressed area, the toxins there have been widely reported. They would lose everything. Locals are counting on the regulatory bodies to cure this problem but if they do, by the time they do, it will be too late for this little girl and many like her.

Yes turn it off... Shut it down ... For its hazards it creates. You all can use candles and lamps in that area. At least the Amish wont be affected... back to basics u know.