SLUDGE VICTIMS

A young mother has 1 1/2 pound baby at 6 mos. gestation about a year after the spreading. She had 2 normal pregnancies before the sludge was spread.

A 36 year old mother who was an abutter was diagnosed with cancer about a year after the sludge was spread. She died in April 1998.

Numerous other deaths of abutters, some within days of each other, after the fields are worked min 1997, 1998 and 1999.

As of January 2001, Viel, the same of the dairy fanner who spread the sludge, has all the land up for sale. We believe he has sold all the cows.

Numerous houses of spouses of deceased (abutters and those who live near the fields) are up for sale.

Joseph Williams of Rollinsford, NH - an abutter, tried to fight the Portland sludge in March 1996. He was the only opponent at the time, but had done a great deal of research and has all the facts about the deliveries. He withdrew from the fight and involvement in the sludge issue after it was spread. His telephone: 603-749-6392.

March 2001 - A young woman who lived near the sludge site gave birth to her first child (2 months premature); child has a serious heart abnormality; prognosis is uncertain at this time.