The Ohio EPA will conduct air testing at a controversial coal ash landfill in Clermont County as soon as this week, following months of complaints about a severe rotten egg sulfur odor that neighbors say is causing migraines, body aches, breathing issues and nausea.
“When that smell is intense, every single thing on my body hurts, from my bones to my muscles, everything,” said Rhonda Brittain, who lives across the street from the landfill in rural Washington Township. “The only way to get any relief from it is to get away from this property, to get away from this area.”
Texas-based Vistra Corp. owns the retired Zimmer coal plant and its massive landfill. A company spokesperson said it will work with the Ohio EPA to monitor the air, “to ensure that there are no health concerns with the site.”
This comes after the WCPO 9 I-Team reported last month on the terrible stench and neighbors’ fear that they were being exposed to high levels of hydrogen sulfide…