ETHANOL PLANT FOR YEARS POLLUTED A NEBRASKA TOWN. THE HEALTH IMPACTS STILL AREN'T FULLY KNOWN

MEAD — Jody Weible sat on her couch, pulled out her phone and scrolled past photos of her grandchildren before landing on a picture taken a few years ago of her neighbor’s adult daughter. Pus leaked from the woman’s eyes.

Weible kept scrolling. There were photos of a massive contaminated dirt pile, screenshots of complaints sent to environmental regulatory agencies, and a video of her German shepherd, which one day developed allergies — seemingly out of the blue.

Less than a mile from her home, a facility called AltEn spent years in the business of turning pesticide-coated seeds into ethanol. The method created 85,000 tons of contaminated byproducts that polluted the neighboring village of Mead, and spurred widespread fear for the health and safety of thousands of people.

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