the house that sits right next to the lake. that is the reason for the move? >> yes, a dream location and the price was right. >> reporter: the price was right because just over those trees is the creek steam station, one of duke energy's largest coal burn ing power plants. one of the realities of the coal burning plants is that you need a place to dispose of the waste, and that is tradition a ally has meant coal ash ponds like this. it may look like a beautiful lake, but it is basically an unlined pit in the ground with millions of tons of ash. mercury, cadmium, arsenic, contaminants associated with kans cancer right in danielle's backyard. in 2009, danielle began experiencing headaches. i went to the hospital, and they told me that i had a brain tumor, and they were not lying, because they said it is the size of a drink box. right over here. >> may i take a look? she was diagnosed with stage