“We deserve better. Our community deserves better and we demand justice,” said Alicia Kendrick, Joppa community member.
has pollution levels higher than Dallas County. While the statistics are alarming for some, many residents said they are not surprised.“It’s beautiful area. If you throw a seed in it, it will grow,” said Alicia Kendrick, a Joppa community member.“They took this Freedman’s town, annexed it into Dallas and zoned it industrial just to cover it up,” said Kendrick.“We moved there and noticed a decline and having to take our inhalers more and our breathing treatments,” said Kendrick.
“I think there was some shock. Not shocked because they didn’t know there was an issue, but it gave a thing a name,” Oquinn said. “There’s no way that that doesn’t cause an issue to one’s health.” “We know that we see smoke in the air. We do smell things at a certain time, but for you to hone in on a particular matter, then you tell us which plant is doing it,” Galimore said.
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