Group Evaluates Health Claims ; Jefferson Twp. Residents Near Plant Lodge Complaints

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JEFFERSON TWP., Montgomery County -- They say it smells like rotten eggs, or nail polish or sewers. They say the smell can hit anytime, and even works its way into their houses.

Those same people, all neighbors of Perma-Fix Environmental Systems Inc., also claim health problems, from asthma to sore throats to strange bumps on the tongue and tonsils of a 10-yearold girl.

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Group Evaluates Health Claims ; Jefferson Twp. Residents Near Plant Lodge Complaints

"We thought about walking away from our house," said Gregory Plantz, the girl's father, who said his entire family has suffered health problems. "But we can't afford to sell the house," Plantz said.

Last week, the fight between the industrial waste treatment plant, which is at 300 S. West End Ave., and the people wh...

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