Environmental complaint received 2021-04-26 09:30:00
Source: Unknown
Source location: [Not entered]
Complaint location: 12278 Ga. Hwy 129, Dry Branch Ga. 31020.

Complaint came in via AskEPD. 

Compainant indicates "To Whom this May Concern:

In desperate need of state or federal attention due to an unknown substance on our property. First, the chemical forced me and family out of our home due to associated acute sickness (dizziness, nausea, fatigue, rapid heart rate, increased BP, fainting, gastrointestinal issues, etc.). We have a business on this same property (salon); therefore, we moved into slumber and navigate other household functions. However, the fume has taken this location over. We have reached out to the insurance, state agencies, private agencies, etc. yet, no one has been able to help us rectify this matter and frankly, don’t seem willing to help or care.

We are now HOMELESS but still paying a mortgage making it impossible to afford another at the moment. This is an issue that is no cause of ours whether it is architectural, soil, irrigation, industrial or other related, we have no idea. We are clueless on how to deal with this as we are not familiar with any of the possibilities, it is just not our specialty. 

We are asking for IMMEDIATE help with this matter. We feel that the entire system assembled around this matter has failed us. No one, no company, no entity seems to take this seriously because it is not personal to them. Our health is at stake and we are law-abiding, tax paying, honest, hard-working individuals so it is astonishing to witness the lack of support we have received. We are in a rural area and it is can be assumed that we are not considered much when it comes to environmental safety (air quality, pollutants, industrial locations, land-fields, etc.), better health-related opportunities (sidewalks, health-food stores / markets, etc.).  

We were wondering, but now we see that the state, the government, the companies & agencies that are supposed to be in place for us, to help us, to guide us, to protect us WILL indeed allow us to die from foreign fumes / substances, be homeless (even while paying a mortgage), and never RECTIFY such a major issue (left for the next victim). It is sickening and appalling, and we are requiring / requesting / demanding immediate assistance and action.