![]() ![]() During a public forum, local fishermen expressed outrage at this threat to their livelihood. Seven years later, after fish died off downstream from the marsh, the state’s health department issued a warning about eating local seafood. ![]() He went on medical leave, but when he tried to return he was fired for “absenteeism.” He did this with a mounting sense of guilt, until his body began to fail as a result of the earlier chemical exposure. Then Sherman was given a new assignment: twice a day, he illegally dumped toxic waste into a marsh. Another time he was doused with chemicals that burned his skin and ate through his pants, shoes and shirt. ![]() After a chemical leak, his boss advised him to leave the plant 30 minutes later, the plant exploded, killing 15 workers. It was a hazardous job done in one of the country’s most polluted regions. For 15 years, Lee Sherman worked as a pipe fitter in a petrochemical plant in Lake Charles, Louisiana. ![]()
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