Especially by those who have been exposed to it against their will. She has been an organic farmer for a decade. Her husband, Daniel, works for Green Mountain Post Films. When Daniel Keller bought the home 10 years ago, there were no power lines near the property. The house doesn't have running water.
Drinking water comes from an uphill well and the family swims and bathes in a nearby stream.
Nina Keller began to research the use of herbicides by the utilities last September because she knew they sprayed the lines every five years. She wrote to the EPA in Washington for information, but the Washington agency has not yet answered any of her letters. Environmental groups did answer her inquiries for help, however. As the information poured in, Keller began to review the studies indicating the dangerous potential of phenoxy herbicides. She became convinced she did not want the spray to drift onto her farm or into the stream.