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Two items: First, this link to a Livejournal blog, Life on Swan Pond, being written by someone who had lived across the street from victims of the disaster. A sampled entry:
What is really happening with the health of the residents of Swan Pond:
Doctors telling individuals that their airway is being irritated by something in the fly ash… when they never had a history of respiratory problems.
Doctors advising individuals that with the airborne dangers of fly ash it is too dangerous to stay in the area and to leave immediately to prevent further health issues.
Children who have asthma that has been under control for years, are having asthma attacks requiring treatment.
Several individuals report coughing up “lots of phlegm” & coughing so hard that their ribs and muscle hurt.
Reports of “rash” and “irritations” on their skin.
Many report watery eyes, sore throats, coughing, sneezing & severe headaches.
Another problem that is just beginning to be talked about… is the Stress related to this disaster.
Stress, Anxiety Disorders, Panic Attacks, Depression, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)….
And when will “they” address that fact that this type of disaster can lead to these problems too…
Then, a video to which I linked yesterday but can now embed here, set to the tune of Billy Joel’s Honesty about what the TVA is telling residents of Harriman, TN after the Kingston coal burning plant’s wet pond burst.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 5:18 pm January 12th, 2009 in activism, Elections, Energy, Environment, Government, Law, leadership, Politics, social media, Utilities
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Stress and generalised anxiety disorders can probably be solved following certain methods but each case will have to be studied individually. I just know of the Linden and some other methods that are known to be quite successful.