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It doesn't take very much for a little bit to become a lot, especially when you have chemicals that don't mix with water.

I had no idea at first that it may have anything to do with environmental exposure.

I can’t put a price tag on that world I once knew before cancer turned my world upside down.

I had always known something environmentally was wrong, but I didn’t know what it was. There were way too many kids with autoimmune disorders and people with rare cancers.

I think that as time goes on, anybody interested will be able to find out the truth about this area’s history of pollution. It's getting out there now.

Our biggest mistake is thinking it’s not going to happen to us and always thinking we’ll have the time.

We’ve been programmed to think this is normal. It’s not normal. I 100 percent think it’s environmentally caused.

Otsego is a blue-collar town, and we’re proud of that. We’re not just little puppies—we’re bulldogs. We need to be patriots of our own health, our own environment, our own future.

I want it cleaned up. And I want people involved, especially those who might have acted nefariously, to be obligated to give testimony. Because your companies could be liable.