SLUDGE VICTIMS

July 28, 1996

(sent by) Teresa Hansen, Rt. 1, Box 326, Laurel Hill, Florida 32567 (904) 652-4795

Dear Secretary Virginia Wetherall,

I am sending this letter and video to you in the hopes that someone out there will care enough to stop what is happening in our area. Waste-water residuals are being applied improperly to the lands in our area. Residual run-off has contaminated the total yard belonging to my daughter and her young family. The children have had numerous disorders including abnormal levels of protein, bilirubin, and lead in their bloodwork. My 7year old granddaughter has had fecal samples tested (at the insistence of my daughter) by the local health department The fecal tes t results have come back with the parasite Blastocytitis hominis Hominis present in my granddaughter's system...We understand this to be a parasite originating from human feces, and not usually found as a parasite problem in this country.My daughter is a very health conscious, clean person who trys to practice preventive health measures. Neither the family or the children have been out of the country to contract this parasite. We have exhausted any and all chain of command agencies in our area. The Department of Environmental Protection at all turns have upheld the workings of the man applying the waste materials. The DEP has stated that this person is on a self monitoring system and virtually does not have to answer to anyone on his application program.Witnesses have seen the cattle grazing while sludge was being applied in the same fields. When this was reported to a DEP agent, the reply was that the owner assures them that is not happening. These cattle are eventually sold for meat to the public.The levels of lead, arsenic, StreptococcusEcoli, Salmonella, and many other harmful agents are extremely high in fresh sludge to have cattle grazing and application done at the same time, and yet this has been witnessed many times.

In this video there is evidence of improper terracing, allowing sludge run-off to enter our natural waterways which empty into one of our larger waterways that is part of a State Recreation Area, "Yellow River". There is also evidence in this video of -bio-hazardous waste materials escaping the waste treatment facility's filtering system. These materials are being spread all over the fields and pastures right along with the sludge. We have been told by the local DEP that these items that you see in the video are not there. According to the local Dep, this man can monitor his own application program, and as long as he assures

FLORIDA - LAUREL HILL - JULY 1996 - CHILDREN INFECTED WITH BLASTOCYSTITIS HOMINUS, A PARASITE ORIGINATING IN HUMAN FECES -- OTHER SLUDGE VICTIMS SUFFER NAUSEA AND DEPRESSION FROM CALLOUS OFFICIAL INDIFFERENCE TO THEIR SUFFERING.