My husband Mike Myles died 19 months ago from stage 4 lung cancer caused by carcinogens I believe came from the mill he grew up in Mexico and worked in the mill for 27 years and I believe he was friends with your father . He was 62 when he died
I'm reading Ms. Arsenault's excellent book right now. Very intense. So many stories and issues are woven together. She is an excellent writer, I might add.
Back in 1972 I hitchhiked from Hamilton, Ontario to Jasper, Alberta. Somewhere along the way I passed through a mill town. I could not believe the smell. It was not a mild smell It was an intense all pervasive smell that just sunk right into you. I couldn't understand how anyone could actually live there. On another note, instead of spending the millions, (if not billions) of dollars on cancer research and treatment why not just remove the causes of the cancer in the first place? I don't know what percent of cancer is "natural" and how much comes from industrial pollution etc. But I suspect that we could probably eliminate 50% of cancers if not more by just cleaning up our act. If not eliminating the release of carcinogens why not just tax them. If your product has a known carcinogen, then your company pays a set tax, 2 carcinogens then twice the tax and so on. Of course the companies that would be affected by this have tons of lobbyists and help to write the laws, so fat chance of that happening. Really has me questioning how the Cancer Society works though. Are they actually trying to cut down on cancer or is this just a method of funding the medical establishment that feeds off of it?
I grewup in Hanover Maine and went to school in Rumford all my life my dad owned the small and only store in Hanover Maine called Howe’s General store and I’m the youngest of 6 . All I can say is I had the best childhood any kid could ask for. The stories when I was growing up I could tell like being chased not once but twice from black bears and alot more extreme stories I could tell.🤷🏻♂️😂🤣
Rotten cabbage smell. Got into everything. When you pulled out your wallet, everyone nearby knew where you worked. The leather would absorb the smell and make it stink bad. Came from the karft mill part of the main mill. I worked in the bleach plant. Stinky , full of clorine smells. We always carried a respirator on us. It would last only long enough to get out if a leak happened. Very bad if you breathed those clorine vapors. Your lungs would burn for weeks after an exposure. There was always a little clorine vapors in the air. A lot more in the Chem prep area..glad I never worked that area.
I remember the black snow. Chemicals would drift down on new fallen snow with pitch black specks. How can a place be so beautiful and so ugly at the same time?
Which Arsenaults did you hail from there were two girls in my class from two different arsenault families I was born in 63 and being a Howe I should’ve graduated in 81.
My husband Mike Myles died 19 months ago from stage 4 lung cancer caused by carcinogens I believe came from the mill he grew up in Mexico and worked in the mill for 27 years and I believe he was friends with your father . He was 62 when he died
I'm reading Ms. Arsenault's excellent book right now. Very intense. So many stories and issues are woven together. She is an excellent writer, I might add.
Great book, thank you.
Back in 1972 I hitchhiked from Hamilton, Ontario to Jasper, Alberta. Somewhere along the way I passed through a mill town. I could not believe the smell. It was not a mild smell It was an intense all pervasive smell that just sunk right into you. I couldn't understand how anyone could actually live there.
On another note, instead of spending the millions, (if not billions) of dollars on cancer research and treatment why not just remove the causes of the cancer in the first place? I don't know what percent of cancer is "natural" and how much comes from industrial pollution etc. But I suspect that we could probably eliminate 50% of cancers if not more by just cleaning up our act. If not eliminating the release of carcinogens why not just tax them. If your product has a known carcinogen, then your company pays a set tax, 2 carcinogens then twice the tax and so on. Of course the companies that would be affected by this have tons of lobbyists and help to write the laws, so fat chance of that happening. Really has me questioning how the Cancer Society works though. Are they actually trying to cut down on cancer or is this just a method of funding the medical establishment that feeds off of it?
You do not sound like a smart person
The department of agriculture will refuse to test for the chemicals you want tested for. So you can’t prove it.
I grewup in Hanover Maine and went to school in Rumford all my life my dad owned the small and only store in Hanover Maine called Howe’s General store and I’m the youngest of 6 . All I can say is I had the best childhood any kid could ask for. The stories when I was growing up I could tell like being chased not once but twice from black bears and alot more extreme stories I could tell.🤷🏻♂️😂🤣
Rotten cabbage smell. Got into everything. When you pulled out your wallet, everyone nearby knew where you worked. The leather would absorb the smell and make it stink bad. Came from the karft mill part of the main mill. I worked in the bleach plant. Stinky , full of clorine smells. We always carried a respirator on us. It would last only long enough to get out if a leak happened. Very bad if you breathed those clorine vapors. Your lungs would burn for weeks after an exposure. There was always a little clorine vapors in the air. A lot more in the Chem prep area..glad I never worked that area.
I remember the black snow. Chemicals would drift down on new fallen snow with pitch black specks. How can a place be so beautiful and so ugly at the same time?
Don't be fooled. It still smells horrible.
I was just there yesterday. Smells horrible like poison
They have taken the chemicals off the window of my house and my food positive
Which Arsenaults did you hail from there were two girls in my class from two different arsenault families I was born in 63 and being a Howe I should’ve graduated in 81.
Listen lady I just want to tell you that is the smell of money
Typical mill workers statement😂🤣🤣