It is common sense. At 35, Linda is, herself, a victim of chemical exposure. For several years she lived in Nitro, West Virginia, in one of the most polluted valleys in America. Linda believes her most serious exposures came from releases from a chemical plant run by Monsanto. It took Linda King five years to find a doctor who would treat her illness with anything except tranquilizers, who would take her seriously and try to understand her condition.
Most victims fall silent, blame themselves, retire from life so to speak.
But increasingly, the victims are seeing that they can fight back. Each month, Linda mails six to eight pages of material from medical journals, to increase awareness of new developments in the field. Two separate sets of workshops will be run for the two groups, but there will be general sessions and social events where the two groups can mingle. Next week we'll continue our series on U.S. waste problems. What we must do.