May 30, 2008 - Maria Bicho and her husband liked to get their hands dirty.
The couple, who in 1988 built their home next to the McCoy field, spent countless hours meticulously caring for their lawn that now overlooks the new Keith Middle School.
Her husband, Ceasar, no longer can do what he enjoyed the most - working on his house with his hands.
He began showing symptoms of Parkinsons disease in 2004, and the couple questions if there is a connection between the disease and the location of their house - which was built next to a former city burn dump site contaminated with probable human carcinogens like PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls), heavy metals and semi-volatile organic compounds.
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Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste Material are issues families all across America are afflicted with daily.
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