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Infrared exposes invisible air pollution, Porter Ranch, CA
CBS News, Jan 3, 2016: "I've been nauseous. I've felt lethargic," said his mother Christine Soderlund. "My kids have had nosebleeds, they've had headaches... It's surreal... We are a living science experiment I believe."
Porter Ranch Town Hall Meeting, Dec 28, 2015:
Rex Paris, attorney (16:30) — "It's the
most massive gas blowout, gas well blowout, in a populated area
in history. This has never happened before in a populated area. And so when they tell you that "It's not damaging", "It's just temporary" — whatever nonsense they're feeding you — understand, nobody knows.
It's never happened before...
This can be deadly. Make sure you're getting treated... Nobody knows what breathing this stuff constantly is doing to [the children]... The gas company says, "This is just the smell you're reacting to, it's just temporary, it's not a problem, it's not serious" — these people aren't stupid. How could somebody possibly say that? We have children whose noses are
bleeding every day, we have people who suffer from chronic headaches [and] are nauseous every single day. How does that not become a serious issue? Why are they saying something nobody here believes?... They're trying to convince everybody that it's all in our heads. It's a trick."
Mitchell Englander, Los Angeles City Councilman (45:30) — "I will tell you
this goes well beyond Porter Ranch. We've had complaints from as far as Chatsworth, Northridge, and Granada Hills. Apparently this plume of toxic chemicals and whatever it might be doesn't know zip codes. So it does keep moving into different locations and different places...
This is the equivalent of the BP oil spill on land, in a populated community... We've declared a national disaster here."
Dr. Richard Kang, pediatrician (52:45) — "Unfortunately the only real way to get away from the symptoms is, unfortunately,
you have to relocate -
you have to get away from the environment."
Comment: To make matters even worse for US citizens, the US just repealed a labeling law that required retailers to include country of origin on pork and beef products: Want to know where your meat comes from? Too bad, thanks to Congress