SLUDGE VICTIMS

We have had constant health problems since they started spreading sewage sludge near our home.

We have four children. My son has asthma. When they first started dumping the sludge in the rain, he got very sick. All my children had sinus infections. My 5-year old got pneumonia.

We have suffered headaches, sore throats with blisters, diarrhea and intestinal cramping.

My husband was sick for 4 months straight, with coughing and bronchitis. I just got more antibiotics .... I have an ear infection.

We believe out immune systems may have been weakened because our family has suffered continuous health problems since our exposure to the sludge.

Telephone statement taken by Helane Shields on Saturday, April 14,2001.