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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. >> that's what i heard as well, at a meeting with people who call this place home. >> they're 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 don't care. life is nothing to them. it's all about that dollar. >> the plants are very responsive to the community. they are envi...

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, 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 1...

Directly injured because of x. that's not what we do. we're 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, because if they do, they've got to do something about that problem. >> so who is supposed to do someth...

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 now wer...

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 don't mean much because they look at the whole county and don't focus just on moss vilville. part of the problem is this, after two decades of research,...