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Everyone has a story to tell.

In this small Michigan community along the Kalamazoo River, residents are facing long-term health issues linked to environmental pollution. The Otsego Story Project was created to tell their stories.

Our Goals

A Shared Experience

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“I lived at Ground Zero. No one lived closer to those pits and that contamination than I did, and there were so many different exposures in my life. Who's to say what was going to become of it?”

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People say, “No one knew.” But I believe they did. These companies employed chemists, engineers, brilliant people with PhDs. They knew. And now, multiple generations are paying the price.

Why We Are Sharing Our Story