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Cause trouble for folks, that create public health concerns. and mossville is a center of the universe around some of the issues of corporate irresponsibility. >> thats what i heard as well, at a meeting with people who call this place home. >> theyre not going build in a rich neighborhood because a rich neighborhood will get them out before they even get started. if you just look around, most of the minority communities is where they build these plants, and they dont care. life is nothing to th...

Concluded subra was wrong when 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 could not agree with the findings she presented. >> federal agencies are very slow to say, folks in mossville, you got a problem, because if they do, theyve 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 ...

Directly injured because of x. thats not what we do. were not going to say your health is impacted. >> even more alarming to felix and others in mossville, the epa concluded subra was wrong when 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 could not agree with the findings she presented. >> federal agencies are very slow to say, folks in mossville, you got a problem, beca...

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. >> were 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. >> do...

People in mossville sick. the center 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 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 dont mean much because they look at the whole county...

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 now were outraged, and they decided to launch their own investigation. their lead detective, wilma subra. subra is a chemist who has made it her lifes mission to help places like mossville. ...