An Ex-employee of a Clay County plant that was shuttered in the 1990s for illegally burning hazardous materials hopes to help prevent the sale of the former Superfund site.
Previously, developers had announced plans to build a subdivision there despite health concerns that have been brought forth by community members.
“I was just doing what the boss man told me what to do. Dump the dirt, everything’s good, everything’s clean,” Zelinka said.We asked what motivated him to speak out. Zelinka said he had a heart attack in his 20s, around the time he worked at the plant, and that doctors found high levels of arsenic in his blood.
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