Sherry Griswold has lived here for over 20 years. The expansion of Detroit's Marathon refinery has not only brought the section that produces petroleum coke right up to the boarder of her lot, she says it has created a nightmare of explosions and chemical releases that have severely damaged her health. According to her, an incident in May, 2013, exposed her to an overwhelming dose of chemicals, “I walked outside and the whole ground was shaking.” She continued, "I called on them finally at seven o’clock, it started at one, I couldn’t handle it no more, I couldn’t handle the noise, I had nowher
Sherry Griswold has lived here for over 20 years. The expansion of Detroit's Marathon refinery has not only brought the section that produces petroleum coke right up to the boarder of her lot, she says it has created a nightmare of explosions and chemical releases that have severely damaged her health. According to her, an incident in May, 2013, exposed her to an overwhelming dose of chemicals, “I walked outside and the whole ground was shaking.” She continued, "I called on them finally at seven o’clock, it started at one, I couldn’t handle it no more, I couldn’t handle the noise, I had nowhere to go.” She called Marathon and they shut it down immediately. "That’s when they gassed me through the front window,” she said. The following morning she woke up smelling gas and her skin and eyes were burning. Her doctor advised her to get to the Emergency Room where they x-rayed her lungs to check for inhalation of chemicals and treated burns to her arms and face. Sherry added just after the incident, her doctor informed her during a check-up that tests have shown her brain has been injured from exposure to chemicals and referred her to The Michigan Institute for Neurological Disorders, MIND for treatment.
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