from al.com
ANNISTON, Ala. - Contaminated soil has been removed, and $600 million has been paid to 21,000 people exposed to PCBs from the old Monsanto Co. plant. A clinic is open for residents, and streams and fish in the area still are being tested for signs of the toxic chemical.
But the cleanup may never be finished in Anniston, where generations were exposed to PCBs without their knowledge for four decades. There is no known way to remove the substance from the human body.
"We live every day in that prison," said Thomas Long, a west Anniston resident who has been found to have high levels of PCBs in his blood. "We've been told by the doctors that they can't get it out."
For Bernadette Virden, it's too late. Her husband of 20 years died last year of liver and stomach cancer at 53. She has been diagnosed as infertile, with multiple problems in her reproductive system.
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Town in Alabama Poisoned with PCBs by Monsanto
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Anniston PCBs Cleanup Progressing, Still Not Done
By KATHERINE BOUMA
The Associated Press, November 12, 2007
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