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CRISIS IN JACKSON COUNTY

Sources:• The American Cancer Society• The United Health Forum• National Geographic • Center for Disease Control• Scorecard.Org • Mississippi Dept. of Health• Environmental Protection Agency• Ohio Citizens.Org• DuPont Corp.• Other public sources

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• In 1990, Mississippi was rated 16th in the nation with 190 cancer deaths per 100,000 population

Source: Center for Disease Control

• In 2005, Mississippi’s cancer death had climbed to 222 deaths per 100,000

population.

Source: American Cancer Society

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• In 2005 Mississippi was rated 2nd out of 50 states as measured by the reported discharge of carcinogens & toxicants from industrial discharges on a per capita basis…2nd worse in the U.S.

Source: Scorecard.org

• 96% of the states in the U.S. are safer and better off than Mississippi

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Cancer Deaths

In 2005 Mississippi cancer deaths climbed to 222 people per 100,000 population

By comparison, Alaska has 10 deaths per 100,000

population

Mississippi is now ranked 40th… We are in the top 10%..….


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Mississippi’s Cancer Death Rate Per 100,000 Population

2006 2005 2004 1990234.5 W 222 215.2 192.0178.7 NW

• United States 2005 190 Source: MS Dept. Health

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• In 2005 Jackson County’s cancer death rate was 317* per 100,000 population

This is 147% worse than the state’s cancer death rate

* Jackson County Cancer Death Rate numbers vary depending upon the specific study, source of data, the Span of Years under study, adjustments for age, gender, race and other variables. But the range is from 108% to 147% higher than the State’s Cancer Death Rates.

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1992-2005

• MISSISSIPPI JACKSON COUNTY Total Cancer Cancer Total Cancer Cancer

Deaths Deaths Death Rate Deaths Deaths D/Rate

249,609 59,247 222 12,171 2,821 317*

Jackson County Cancer Rate Is 147% Higher Than MS

• Mississippi Population 2,921,088

• Jackson County Population 135,940

4.65% of state population SOURCE: MS DEPT. OF HEALTH

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Jackson county…..Over the past 15 years averages

• TOTAL DEATHS CANCER DEATHS 3 Deaths Per Day 1 Every 1.5 Days 21 Deaths Per Week 5 Deaths Per/Week 92 Deaths Per Month 21.4 Deaths/Month

One out of four deaths is due to cancer24.7%

In Jackson County Mississippi

Jackson County Population 2005 Est. to be 135,700 per Census Bu.

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Cancer incident rate more accurately reflects the problem nation wide……

• Jackson County’s cancer incident rate is running 436 on the high end of the range (389-436) ….persons per 100,000 population…109% higher than MS

• Mississippi's cancer incident rate is running 402

SOURCE: AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY

SOURCE: CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL

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• Each year over 600 new cases of cancer are diagnosed and treated at Singing River Hospital

• This does not include those cases referred out of state to other facilities for treatment

• Over the past six years NEW cases have increased 12.7%

Source: Jackson County Cancer Cases


• Jackson County Births 2004 1,895 Live Births

• Premature Births 277 Rate 14.7 Per 10,000• Immature Births 204 Rate 10.8 Per 10,000 Total 481 25% Of Live Births • Fetal Deaths 14 Rate 6.3 Per 10,000

• Congenital Birth Defects 9.2 PER 10,000

• Jackson County’s Rates Are Slightly Higher Than Mississippi

Source: MS DEPT. OF HEALTH 13


With 82 Counties in Mississippi, Jackson County is rated as the 2nd worse & most heavily polluted county in the state for the discharge of known carcinogens & toxicants in the year 2005

• …. and it places Jackson County in the top 10% of 3,171 counties as most polluted across the United States



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CRISIS IN JACKSONCOUNTY

• In 2005 Mississippi industries discharged 62,513,987 pounds of known carcinogens & toxicants

Source: Scorecard.org • This is the reported amount and does not include

unreported burn offs of items such as toluene, benzene, and other hydrocarbons and chemical residue

• This represents 20.7 pounds for every man, woman, and child in the state

Est. 2005 Census of 2,921,088 persons

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• These discharges cause :

• Cancer

• Cardio/pulmonary disease

• Respiratory failure

• Liver failure SOURCE: CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL

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• There are 3,171 counties in the U.S.

• Jackson County ranks in the top 10% as measured by reported discharged

carcinogens ..this means that 2,853 counties are safer….

• This means that 99.9996% of the U.S. population lives in a safer environment than Jackson County!

Source: U.S. Census

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The legislature’s mandate to the DEQ - Department of Environmental Quality is…

Protect Human Life

Mississippi's decline as measured by the volume of hazardous discharge, and the surge in the incidents of cancer and cancer death rates demands an answer!

WHY?

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THE CRISIS IN JACKSON COUNTY

Specifically:• Why is Mississippi now rated 2nd in the nation

in cancer deaths and pollution by carcinogens & toxicants from industrial discharge on a per capita basis?

• Why is Jackson County 147% worse than the state?

• For Jackson county the answer is very simple…

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These discharges cause:• Cancer, Respiratory & Liver Failure

• In 2005 Jackson county reported

4,565,756 pounds = 34.07 lb/ person

By comparisonHinds County = 1.19 pounds per person

Marshall County = .00008 pounds per person Source: Scorecard..org

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CRISIS IN JACKSON COUNTY2002 RANK CHEMICAL & TOTAL POUNDS DISCHARGED

1AMMONIA1,287,3892HYDROCHLORIC ACID915,9753BARIUM COMPOUNDS399,3484SULFURIC ACID353,6095HYDROFLUORIC ACID225,9576N-BUTYL ALCOHOL180,3427P-XYLENE155,0178PROPYLENE124,9189METHANOL119,4541010N-HEXANE105,017

11TOLUENE90,59912ETHYLENE71,14013CARBONYL SULFIDE60,470141,2,4-TRIMETHYLBENZENE59,77715BENZENE58,67016M-XYLENE32,31717ZINC COMPOUNDS29,11818ETHYLBENZENE28,57619ETHYLENE GLYCOL27,68020CYANIDE COMPOUNDS25,500

SOURCE: SCORECARD.ORG

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TRI CARCINOGEN DISCHARGES 1992-2002

MILLIONS OF POUNDS TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL

AIR WATER LAND EVIRMT OFFSITE WASTE

CHEVRON 20.138 1.751 .154 22.175 204.755 283.597

MS POWER 9.221 0 4.278 9.907 0 9.913

INGALLS 5.7 .119 0 5.01 4.212 8.754

FIRST

CHEM .563 .003 .03 .566 2.408 103.928

MS PHOS 3.925 .410 .113 5.461 .082 868.52 R/ROYCE .035 .001 0 .036 . 094 .130

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•EPA CURRENT TRI DISCHARGES OF KNOWN CARCINOGENS

• Jackson County 2006 EPA TRI Report – Chemical

• Jackson County 2005 TRI Explorer Report (COFA) – Facility


• Since 1992 Jackson County has reported

1,560,000,000 pounds of industrial discharge of known carcinogens and toxicants into the air, water, deep wells, and land fills….or hauled out of state

• It doesn’t take an ole miss lawyer or a Mississippi State engineer to connect the dots…..


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The New England Journal of Medicine & EPA Study Feb 2006

Particulate Matter in Soot and Smoke should be less than 15 millionths of a gram per cubic meter of air

30 particles grouped together = The thickness of a human air….

These particles cause Heart & Lung Disease

At 15 millionths of a gram, what has happened to the air quality of Jackson County?

Since 1992 43.5 MILLION POUNDS of air born releases of toxic wastes have been reported by Jackson County industries

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KNOWN CARCINOGEN DISCHARGES EPA TRI REPORT……2005 TOTAL REPORTED DISCHARGES

AIR, WATER, LAND

3,708,914 POUNDS (1,854 TONS) SOURCE: EPA 2008 EPA TRI Explorer Report (COFA)EPA TRI Explorer Report (COCH)

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KNOWN CARCINOGEN DISCHARGES EPA TRI REPORT……2005 AIR, WATER, LAND (Pounds) SOURCE 2005 1992-2002

CHEVRON 933,946 22,175,000

MISS POWER 1,722,743 9,907,000

INGALLS 188,941 5,000,000

FIRST CHEM 35,435 566,000

MS PHOSPHATE 649,076 5,461,000

ROLLS ROYCE 2,044 36,000 OMEGA PROTEIN 17,197 - TOTAL 3,708,914 142,579,000 SOURCE: EPA 2008

EST. 1992 – 2007 160,329,000 LBS = 80,165 TONS

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TRI CARCINOGEN DISCHARGES EPA TRI REPORT

2006

TOTAL REPORTED DISCHARGES

AIR, WATER, LAND

3,017,000 POUNDS Source EPA 2008 1,509 TONS

Jkson County Carcinogens WaterJKSN COUNTY 2006 TRI

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CRISIS IN JACKSON COUNTYTOTAL RELEASES

CARCINOGENS & TOXICANTSAIR AND WATER RELEASES (SELF REPORTED)

2009

MS POWER CO ………………..1,538,306 LBS

CHEVRON …………….....1,060,004 LBS

MS PHOSPHATES ………………970,778 LBS

DUPONT FIRST CHEMICAL ……. 19,445 LBS

TOTAL 3,588,533 LBS 1,794 TONS SOURCE : EPA TRI REPORT

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CRISIS IN JACKSON COUNTYCHEVRON’S DIRTY HANDS

CARCINOGENS & TOXICANTS2006

AIR AND WATER RELEASES (SELF REPORTED)

AMMONIA …………………………81,000 LBS BENZENE ………………………..42,026 LBS

CARBONYL SULFIDE .....................110,000 LBS ETHLENE/GLYCOL ………………117,900 LBS

HYDROGEN CYANIDE ……………24,000 LBS TOLUENE ……………………………71,060 LBS SULFURIC ACID ……………………40,000 LBS

TOTAL 2006 EMISSIONS………..953,690 LBS

476.8 TONS SOURCE : EPA TRI REPORT

Jksn Cty Cancer Cases.doc Source: Singing River Hospital

CRISIS IN JACKSON COUNTY2009

CHEVRON’S DIRTY HANDSCARCINOGENS & TOXICANTS


AMMONIA ………………………….189,000 LBS BENZENE ………………………....52,300 LBS

CARBONYL SULFIDE ........................45,470 LBS ETHLENE/GLYCOL ………………...51,100 LBS

HYDROGEN CYANIDE ……………..40,000 LBS TOLUENE ……………………………..86,023 LBS SULFURIC ACID …………………….40,000 LBS Ethylene………………………………...71,022 LBS N-Hexane……………………………… 88,010 LBS Propylene……………………………...117,400 LBS

TOTAL 2006 EMISSIONS…1,060,004 LBS 530 TONS

Source: 2009 EPA TRI Report

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CHEVRON RELEASESCARCINOGENS & TOXICANTS


TOTAL EMMISSIONS

2005……………………….933,946 LBS

2006……………………… 953,000 LBS

2007……………………… 900,000 LBS

2008 ………………...1,060,004 LBS

2009 CHEVRON PETITIONS THE MS DEQ TO INCREASE THEIR AIR DISCHARGES BY AN ADDITIONAL

800 TONS PER YEAR

SOURCE : EPA TRI REPORT MS DEQ

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2007….Chevron Fire…..

30,000 ft plume of super heated distillate condenses and rains on Pascagoula

PR Spin: “ Harmless cloud of hydrocarbons…” (eats paint off cars…. )

2006 EPA REPORT…. 900,000+ pounds of known carcinogens released…….

Where do you start the process to fix the problem……????

by adding more discharges?33

CRISIS IN JACKSON COUNTY CHEVRON’S…DIRTY HANDS…..

EPA REPORTS

2007….CHEVRON FIRE…..

2006 900,000+ pounds of known carcinogens released

2005 933,946 + pounds of known carcinogens released

1992 - 2002 22,175,000+ pounds of known carcinogens released Source: EPA

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CHEVRON’S…DIRTY HANDS…..2008

Chevron announces plans to double their Pascagoula, MSrefinery’s capacity to increase production from 300,000 to 600,000

barrels of crude oil per day……. plus plans to start manufacturing a base oil lubricant product

2008….Chevron petitions the MS DEQ for permits to authorize releases of an additional 800 tons of releases per year …..

This is on top of the +900,000 pounds per year already being released…..

SOURCE: MS DEQ

Source: EPA

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MS Power CO.’S Dirty Hands

MS Power Company’s Plant Daniel is a Coal-Fired Electric Generation Facility in Jackson County…. MS Power Company’s self-reported tri reports (toxic release inventory) show that from 2000 thru 2008, plant Daniel produced and released in excess of 24,442,857 lbs

……12,221 tons of known carcinogens and toxicants into the air and land fills……

These releases are under permit authorized by the MS Dept. of Environmental Quality

SOURCE: SCORECARD.ORG36

CRISIS IN JACKSON COUNTYMS Power Company Plant Daniel

2005

TRI Report to Environmental Protection Agency

MS Power Co. reported discharging 596 TONS

of KNOWN CARCINOGENS & TOXICANTS

into the air and land fills in Jackson County

Since 2000 MS Power Co. has reported discharging

12,221 TONS of KNOWN CARCINOGENS & TOXICANTS into the air or into land fills in

Jackson County


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2005 TRI Report to Environmental Protection Agency Carcinogens (Pounds)

Toxin Land Fill Air Releases Classification

Barium 600,000 760 Human Carcinogen

Arsenic 8,400 Human Carcinogen

Ammonia 43,900 Highly Toxic Respiratory

Chromium 11,000 Human Carcinogen

Hydrochloric Acid 460,000 Human Carcinogen

Hydrogen Fluoride 400,000 Highly Toxic Will Produce

Hydrochloric Acid

Sulfuric Acid 73,000 Human Carcinogen

Mercury 229 Heavy Metal- Brain Damage

Vanadium 33,000 ______ Heavy Metal- Carcinogen

673,000 517,589….. 596 TONSSOURCE: SCORECARD.ORG

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TRI Report to Environmental Protection Agency

Carcinogen & Toxicant Air Releases & Land Fill

2000 - 2008

YEAR POUNDS

2008 1,538,806

2007 3,216,026

2006 3,240,135

2005 3,015,197

2004 3,066,491

2003 2,644,068

2002 1,783,847

2001 2,674,050

2000 3,264,237

TOTAL 24,442,857 LBS ……12,221 TONS


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CRISIS IN JACKSON COUNTY MS Phosphates’ DIRTY HANDS


2009 TRI Report to Environmental Protection Agency SELF REPORTED (Pounds) TOXICANT Land Fill &AIR Releases Ammonia 970,778 Chlorine 350 Hydrogen Fluoride 10,300 Lead Compounds 6,068 Sulfuric Acid 47,560

1,035,056 Pounds 517 TONS

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CRISIS IN JACKSON COUNTY DUPONT FIRST CHEMICAL DIRTY HANDS


2009 TRI Report to Environmental Protection Agency SELF REPORTED (Pounds) TOXICANT Water & AIR Releases Anilene 3,031 Benzene 4,632 Nitro Benzene 2,258 Toluene 7,770

19,445 Pounds*

9.7 TONS DOES NOT INCLUDE PFOA * Includes Hauled Out of State


Dupont’s Dirty Hands……PFOA

• PFOA is a by-product of Teflon. It used to be manufactured by 3M company in Cottage Grove, MN.

• 3M got out of the business in 2000

• Cancer death rates of the 3M workers for pancreatic, liver, testicular, bladder, large colon and breast cancer…… soared

SOURCE: EPA & MN DEPT. HEALTH42


• As measured by actuarial studies with a 95% confidence level, the rates of cancer deaths for these workers ran 700% higher than the cancer death rates for entire state of Minnesota for the same diseases …

• Cerebro vascular deaths ran 250% higher than these Minnesota death rates, also

Definitely, a smoking gun! SOURCE: EPA & MN DEPT. HEALTH

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CRISIS IN JACKSON COUNTY• Laboratory mice & rats develop cancer and tumors in

liver, bowel, mammary glands, testicles and pancreas when exposed to PFOA

• 100% of 2nd generation rats whose parents survived died prematurely and many had birth defects

• Primates experience blood disorders, ataxia, convulsions & die when exposed to PFOA….humans share 99% of same DNA

Definitely, a smoking gun!SOURCE PFOA WATCH44


• The environmental protection agency’s PFOA task force comprised of 17 eminent scientists and doctors has been studying PFOA for over 15 years…

• May 31, 2006 the EPA committee labeled PFOA as highly likely to cause cancer in humans

Source: EPA May 31, 2006 Report

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• ... DuPont has been producing FFF foam in Jackson county for over three years…triple f uses PFOA

SOURCE: DUPONT

• ….The state of New Jersey kicked DuPont out and refuses to let them process PFOA SOURCE: PUBLIC RECORD

• …DuPont now ships their alcohol to Jackson county for processing to strip off PFOA….has permit to burn and to discharge PFOA into the Jackson county sewer with no caps on how much…..

……600,000 GALLONS/YEAR SOURCE: MS DEQ

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• DuPont says, “Trust me”….

…..Only a fool would do so…..

• DuPont's track record speaks for itself

• In 2006 the EPA fined DuPont $16,500,000 for failure to comply with federal law and EPA rules for reporting and endangering human life & property

SOURCE EPA47


• Facts that DuPont doesn’t publish • 2006 EPA fined DuPont $16,500,000• 2006 EPA fined Pascagoula facility

$65,000 for failure to comply• DuPont contaminated ground water and

is building six new water plants in WV and OH

• DuPont is buying bottled water for people to drink

SOURCE: DUPONT & PUBLIC RECORDS48


• …. March 2006 the chairman of the EPA committee wrote that DuPont's PFOA causes cancer in humans

Source: EPA Committee Chairman Letter 3.15.06

• …. May 31, 2006 EPA committee labeled PFOA as highly likely to cause cancer

Source: EPA PFOA Committee Report 5.31.06

• …. In 2006 the U.S. air force banned use of triple f (FFF) fire fighting foam where there is any chance of run off into ground water because of PFOA…..

U.S.A.F Bulletin

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CRISIS IN JACKSONCOUNTY

• ….In 2006 DuPont settled a class action law suit for damages and personal injuries for $300,000,000

Source:: DUPONT

• $70 million of these funds are paying for the on going blood tests of 69,049 persons involved with medical issues….

SOURCE: ED HILL – ATTY CHARLESTON, WEST VA

• ….High levels of PFOA have been found in the umbilical cord blood of new born babies born in communities where PFOA is processed….

Source: OhioCitizens.org Source: EPA

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• PFOA levels in 67% of DuPont's Jackson County workers’ blood is over 200% higher than the national average as shown in lab blood tests

SOURCE: INSIDE DUPONT

• Blue Cross/Blueshield Warns That PFOA Causes Birth Defects In Quarterly Newsletter

• DuPont will not allow pregnant women or women of child bearing age work in contact with PFOA WHY?

SOURCE: DUPONT & PFOA WATCHDOG

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• In March 2005 DuPont's corporate attorney wrote to the board of directors warning them of the high potential of litigation with massive punitive damages due to the PFOA issue from employees and females in particular……

Source: DUPONT

• DuPont announced they will stop producing Teflon & PFOA in 9 years ……with a 65% reduction in 5 years if so then why risk the health & lives of workers and citizens today?

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Feb 14, 2007• 23 water systems in 17 counties in NJ have now tested

positive for PFOA in 78% of water systems tested

• Contamination has come from DuPont's Salem NJ plant

• PFOA was found in water tested including northern and central New Jersey in Orange, Sayreville, Delaware Township, Rockaway Borough, Rockaway Township, Rahway and Newton.

SOURCE: STAR LEDGER NEWSPAPER 2.14.07

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December 2006

West Virginia Dept. of Health PFOA Study for Wood & Jackson Counties with PFOA

contamination shows a positive Statistical Correlation with high increases in

Prostate Cancer, Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Leukemia and Skin Cancer SOURCE: West VA Dept of Health

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Feb 21, 2007

John Hopkins Medical announced a new study that shows new born babies exposed to PFOA have lower birth weights and smaller head sizes….. EPA expresses concern over these findings and advises they are including the study in their on-going body of work…..

SOURCE: John Hopkins & EPA

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March 15, 2007

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency declared

PFOA

Hazardous Substance To Human Health

SOURCE: MN PCA

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Gautier. MS is adjacent to Pascagoula, MS the county seat of Jackson County and is located approximately 5.5 miles Northwest of the Jackson County industrial complex along Highway 90.

Sea Cliff Subdivision is approximately three miles south of Highway 90 and consists of 160 homes. In this middle-class subdivision, 39 persons have died of cancer or are fighting the disease at this time. Names of the victims are documented

Source: Retired Lab Technician

Singing River Hospital

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Gautier, MS Crestwood Court

Northwood Subdivision is comprised of approximately 150 homes and is located about two miles North of Highway 90.

Crestwood Court is a quiet middle-class Cul de sac in the Northwood Subdivision. Ten of the eleven homes have had one or more cancer deaths as reflected on the following slide

Source: Resident of Crestwood Court

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CRISIS IN JACKSON COUNTYGautier, MSCrestwood Court

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Pascagoula, MS Colmer Middle School Faculty and Staff 47 Persons

During 2008, with a faculty and staff of 47, nine members of Colmer Middle School were under treatment for Cancer. Colmer is located approximately four miles Northwest of Chevron, DuPont’s First Chemical and Miss. Phosphate.

Source: Faculty Colmer Middle School

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CRISIS IN JACKSON COUNTYFirst Presbyterian Church

Pascagoula, MS

• The Congregation of First Presbyterian Church in Pascagoula, MS has approximately 375 members.

• Members represent a broad cross-section of the population….mostly upper-middle income, professionals and some blue-collar…..

• Over the past 15 years 39 members have been diagnosed with Cancer……

SOURCE: Church Records Documented by Name61


SUMMARY

• Jackson County is ranked 2nd out of 82 counties with the worse record of carcinogen & toxicant discharges in the state


• Jackson County’s cancer death rate is 108% to 147% higher than the state average……depending upon the study

Source: U..S. Health Forum

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• Jackson County reported 4,650,000 pounds of toxic discharges in 2005


• Since 1992 Jackson county has reported 1,560,000,000 pounds of discharged carcinogens & toxicants or hauled out of state


• Tests on human blood, and fish in Jackson county show increases in PFOA

• DuPont tests on 3 wells showed levels of PFOA in water in Jackson county

Source: DUPONT 63


• NATIONALLY

• Autism In Children Is Up 1000%• Leukemia Is Up 62%• Birth Defects Are Up 200%• Childhood Brain Cancer Up 40%

Source: National Geographic Oct 2006

• Jackson County now is ranked in the top 10% of 3,171 counties across the U.S. in incidents of cancer and cancer deaths ……

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SUMMARY • PFOA has created havoc in:

Minnesota………… LitigationWest Virginia…..LitigationNew Jersey…..Litigation & criminal investigationsOhioAlabama ….Litigation pending North Carolina….Litigation pending ….AND NOW IN JACKSON COUNTY, MS

the EPA has labeled PFOA as

…high likely… to cause cancer in humans.…

OUR CITIZENS MUST COME FIRST!!!

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I am not a statistic…. Or …..A…… lab rat

In my immediate family I have 8 members who have died from or who are fighting cancer….

Father- Deceased bladder cancer Mother- Deceased interstertial lung disease Father-in-law- Deceased lymphoma Mother-in-law- May 06 lung cancer Sister-in-law- Deceased -Breast/Liver/Brain Cancer Brother- Under Treatment Cancer Niece- Diagnosed January 3, 2007 Cancer

Wife- stage 3 lymphoma June 2006 Wife Died Oct 3, 2009

All Residents Of Or Raised In JACKSON COUNTY, MS

SOURCE: PISSED OFF JACKSON COUNTY CITIZEN66


• Treatments..... To keep wife alive

• Surgery

• 87 Days of Chemotherapy

• 40 days of Radiation

• Stem Cell Transplant

• Extended life 45 months. SOURCE: PISSED OFF JACKSON COUNTY CITIZEN

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ECONOMICS….Wife’s Medical Expenses :

• $37,650/Month …… June-Sept, 2006

• $4,500/Month Oct ‘06– Jan 2007• $69,000/Month June ’07-Oct ’08• Stem Cell Transplant Nov-Dec ’08 $249,000

Total Costs to date: $2,190,000.00Emotional Cost:

IMMEASURABLE!STOP THE DESTRUCTION OF OUR

ENVIRONMENT AND OUR HEALTH!!!

Source: Pissed Off Jackson County Citizen68


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These Cancer Victims are not just statistics……

Click here to see their faces


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Since the Year 2000, 2,170 citizens of Jackson Countyhave died from Cancer.

Since the Year 2000, 6,508 citizens of Jackson County have been diagnosed with Cancer (Average 60+ New Cases per month)

With a population of 130,000 +, the number of Jackson County’s Cancer Victims places theCounty in the top 10% of 3,171 counties across the United States among the highest Cancer Incident &Cancer Death Rates per capita

These Cancer Victims are not just statistics……

Source: American Cancer Society Source: MS Dept. Health


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One Family’s* Battle with CancerR. Hardy – J. Coleman

┘ └ Michele Hardy- Lymphoma- Deceased W. Coleman- Prostate/Lung Cancer- Deceased

Janine Devereaux- Breast Cancer- Deceased Ray Devereaux- Lymphoma- Deceased Eve Devereaux- Lung Cancer M. Simmons- Prostate Cancer A. Hardy- Bladder Cancer- Deceased I. Hardy- Interstitial Lung Disease- Deceased H. Hardy- Prostate Cancer ┘ └

S. Hardy- Ovarian Cancer H. Smith- Breast Cancer- Deceased T. Smith- Cancer- Deceased B. Smith- Cancer

*This represents five distinct, separate, family groups connected by marriage with one common thread:All reside (or resided) in Jackson County, MS during the past 20 years.

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State government has failed to protect the citizens of Jackson county

•Executive Branch:

Governor, MS Dept. of Health & DEQ ….Failed •Legislative Branch:

Legislature & Senate……..………………FailedOversight, Tracking & Permitting Laws:

Industries, Lobby Groups, PACS, MFA…….Won

Our only recourse:…….. The courts???


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CARCINOGEN POLLUTION = CANCER

STOP PFOA NOW!!!

START REDUCING THE DISCHARGE OF CARCINOGENS & TOXICANTS

NOW!!!


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