ANOTHER TIME ANOTHER EXPOSURE

ANOTHER TIME ANOTHER EXPOSURE AND IT SEEMS IT MAY BE WORSE THIS TIME AROUND

THIRY-SIX YEARS AGO I WAS EXPOSED TO POLYVINYL CHLORIDE AT WORK AND THE AFTER EFFECTS WERE HORRENDOUS

MY THROAT WAS ON FIRE

I SPIT UP GREEN GUNK THAT WENT INTO MY NASAL CAVITIES AND LUNGS AND THE COUGHING WAS DEBILITATING

I SHOOK SO BADLY AS THE CHEMICALS EFFECTED MY CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

MY HEAD WAS DIZZY EYES HAD TUNNEL VISION

I COULDN'T SPEAK FOR QUITE A FEW DAYS FROM THE TRAUMA

I WAS GIVEN SO MUCH MEDICATION

IT IS A WONDER I DIDN'T DIE FROM OVERDOSING ON MEDICATION

FOR THIRTY-SIX YEARS IT HAS REALLY TAKEN A TOLL ON MY LIFE

MANY ILLNESSES AND MEDICATIONS

I FEEL LIKE A WALKING PHARMACY

I DON'T WISH THE NIGHTMARE ON ANYONE

THAT WAS SO LONG AGO

NOW FAST FORWARD TO OHIO

A TRAIN DERAILMENT BY THE CITY OF EAST PALESTINE

ABOUT THIRY MILES FROM WHERE I LIVE NOW

ANOTHER NIGHTMARE IS HAPPENING IN OUR BEAUTIFUL AREA

EXPLOSIONS AND A BURN OF CHEMICALS SO TOXIC THAT THE

WILDLIFE AND FISH ARE DYING IN THE RIVERS AND AROUND THE SITE OF THE TERRIBLE ACCIDENT

AGAIN I HEAR OF THE CHEMICALS POLYVINYL CHLORIDE AND OTHER REALLY TOXIC CHEMICALS

WHAT EFFECTS WILL HAPPEN TO THE PEOPLE NOW WILL THEY DIE SOON OR BE GIVEN A LIFE OF MISERY FOR THE NEXT THIRTY OR FORTY YEARS

MY FRIEND SAID TO ME THEN IN 1987 MAYBE THIS HAPPENED TO YOU FOR A REASON

GETTING SO SICK FROM THE CHEMICALS

I THINK IT DID BECAUSE I CAN FREELY SPEAK NOW ABOUT THE TRAUMA THAT THE EFFECTS HAD ON ME AND WILL HAVE ON THE PEOPLE OF OHIO AND OTHER AREAS OF THE COUNTRY

THEY SHOULD NEVER HAVE BURNED THE CHEMICALS BECAUSE THAT ONLY MADE THEM MORE TOXIC

THIS DISASTER IS VERY REAL AND VERY HARMFUL TO ALL OF US AROUND THE AREA AND NEARBY STATES

MY HOPE IS THAT THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T LOOK ON THIS DISASTER AS SOMETHING NOT THAT BAD

IT IS SOMETHING SO GRAVE THAT THERE WILL BE A LOT OF WILDLIFE AND POSSIBLY MANY ILLNESSES AND DEATHS OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AND YEARS TO COME

MAY WE ALL CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER AND THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE LIVE IN FOR THE FUTURE