Warren Brown says he has mixed feelings about this report. He is glad the air in the community is safe to breath. However, they're no closer to finding an answer to why his kid and other kids got so sick.
Warren Brown's 11-year-old daughter Alexa died last year after a long battle with cancer. Since then, the family built a butterfly garden next to their Clyde home. They've also traveled to D.C., lobbying lawmakers on Capitol Hill for childhood cancer research funding. Despite their efforts to stay positive, the family still struggles with Alexa's death every day.
Alexa was part of the ongoing cancer cluster investigation led by the Ohio Department of Health and the Sandusky County Health Department in the Clyde and Green Springs area.
So far the state investigation is no closer to finding any environmental answers. The results of the EPA's "drinking water" testing released a few months ago came up empty for clues. This week the Ohio EPA released the "air" quality report compiled after a year of testing. It concluded they detected "no elevated level of pollutants that would indicate a cause for public health risk concerns."
The EPA is expected to release the results of its surface water sampling; testing of streams and fish. However, Warren isn't holding his breath.
"We have still no answers and I presume we'll never have any answers. There is no smoking gun."
