The December Free Press Second Saturday Salon was held on December 9 over Zoom.

Listen to the recording here.

Mark Stansbery of the Free Press Board, introduced the speake Vina Colley. She related to us how she used to work at the Piketon Gaseous Diffusion Plant. She found that workers there, including herself, were not protected from radiation while at work. She complained about it and began to be suppressed by her employer.

On an aquifer, the plant has been contaminating the Ohio River in addition to the workers, the surrounding community, and several schools – one that was shut down because so many children had died. It is a cancer cluster and Vina herself has many physical problems as a result of her job. Also affected are the Scioto River, the Beaver Creeks, and many external sites.

Although scientists and experts have tested the area and found toxic pollution that causes cancer, Vina and the concerned citizens have been unable to get their public officials to even inform the community about the hazards or to protect the workers. The company denies that there is a problem.

Vina is very concerned about future activities of the plant and the fact that the people who ‘been sickened are not getting any compensation for their illnesses, pain, and suffering. Many of her co-workers and family have died from the plant’s pollution. The truck drivers loading contaminated items are not given the proper hazardous product garments and are getting cancer and dying.

If anyone can help Vina, please contact her at her email.

Cynthia Brown of the Ohio Coalition to End Qualified Immunity is now collecting more signatures for the petition to stop qualified immunity in Ohio – the gives protection to police officers, even when they murder people.

Thanks to Steve Caruso for being our engineer.

To write for the Free Press, contact colsfreepress@gmail.com.

See you next month on Zoom January 13.