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In recent weeks my daughter who suffers from endometriosis has been told that she will need to undergo a hysterectomy thereby eliminating any chance for child-bearing. My oldest son is now doing well after his operation for a deviated septum. However, my youngest daughter and youngest son still suffer from bleeding kidney and ulcers respectively.

All of the above ailments are principally due to the fact that our local, state and federal governments are unwilling to unable to stop Condea Vista and PPG from dumping massive amounts of pollutants, as a result of PVC production, into the air we breathe, on a daily basis.

Although there are written laws these industries must follow, our calls for help to state and federal officials are ignored.

We know that during negotiations our country has been opposing provisions in the treaty to eliminate the production of dioxin by-products by the chemical industry. Therefore, on behalf of my wife, children, the community of Mossville and myself, I urge you to do what is incumbent upon you; protect citizens of the world from these harmful pollutants instead of protecting the polluters, such as Condea Vista. They claim that they create jobs and build the economy. However, we all know that no economy can be built with dead people.

We respectfully ask that you do the right thing, by signing a treaty to eliminate these devastating substances, including dioxin."

Diane Prince
"At first Mossville couldn't have been a lovelier community, with clean air and beautiful wetlands, but all of that changed when the Condea Vista plant came to our small town. Today the plant is only about 40 feet away from us, and my family is paying a terrible price.

It may be too late for me. I may not be fortunate enough to have grandchildren because of my own children are sick but what about other people's children?

These industries may have given me cancer, but they cannot take away my fighting spirit. My days are marked, my time is marked, but if I can do something before I die, my life will not have been lived in vain."

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