Re I was part of the Harvard Lung Study that went on for nearly 15 years
From the Roane County Google group, I found (link...)
If you Google the "Six Cities" study, you will find many references
This is THE study that forced EPA to regulate small particle pollution (PM2.5)
Thank you! Your participation set the stage for EPA's monitoring of the air around Kingston.
Here is a link to the journal article on the study. (link...)
Here is a link to a citation of the study report. (link...)

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From: nosey4u
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 19:16:28 -0800 (PST)
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As stated in a previous thread I was part of the Harvard Lung Study,
that went on for nearly 15 years. Originally they went to towns that
had coal burning as the main energy source. But later on they found
out that some of the larger cities the tests were flawed because of
smog and other variables. But Harriman/ Kingston was one of the main
studies since about the only type of pollution was the burning of coal
at the steam plant. We at Harriman were told that we had above average
lung capacity, and we studied and measured over a 15 year period. The
study was renamed The six city study. You can search it on google.And
there are several books written on it, Also as previously stated my
greatgrandfather owned nearly 100 acres where the steam plant now
sits. He was forced off his land, and moved right across from the
plant he lived to nealry 93 and his wife my great grand mother was
100. So from that standpoint you could say that they had no adverse
effects from the plant . And they never left Swan Pond Rd. They are
still there today!

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> TVA does not pay taxes per se. They are a Government agency. The do
> make "tax equivalent" payments to Roane County. I believe the 2007
> payments were around $900,000. I'm not sure how that money is
> distributed to the various municipalities.

> On Jan 8, 9:24 pm, "RoaneGov.com" wrote:

> > I remember the days of the car wash. My Dad says that Chris Cawood
> > had filled a lawsuit against TVA which made them install the car
> > wash. We would run through it quite often. I can't remember if that
> > went away when the taller stacks were installed or when?

> > Regarding the health concerns and as we have mentioned, the Harvard
> > Lung Study spent years studying us. I would love to get a copy of
> > that final report. One one have to think that it was not good at all
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