Pamela Kirkland

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Yeah, well, I am Pamela Kirkland.

And I am Ryan Willard.

It's Thursday, October 22nd.

Big thanks to Owen not slowing down for anybody.

Our production director is Jeremiah Tittle and our executive producers are Donald Albright and show creator Tracy Leeds Kaplan.

I'm Pamela Kirkland.

And I'm Ryan Willard.

And now he's unknowingly part of a legal question as a result of that chemical disaster.

Does someone exposed to dangerous chemicals have to wait until they get sick before the law says they've been harmed? I'm Pamela Kirkland, and this is Manufacturing Danger, the Biolab story.

If you listened last season, you may remember Virginia Crawford and her foster son, Namiko.

Virginia's been a foster mother for nearly 20 years.

That's next time.

Manufacturing Danger, the Biolab story is a production of Georgia Public Broadcasting.

This podcast was reported, written, and hosted by me, Pamela Kirkland.

Grant Blankenship is our senior editor.

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And I'm Pamela Kirkland.

It's Thursday, October 15th.

We are the 10 News.

Big thanks to our titan of trivia, Owen.

Our production director is Jeremiah Tittle, and our executive producers are Donald Albright and show creator Tracy Leeds Kaplan.

I'm Pamela Kirkland.

And I'm Ryan Willard.

So I put a post out on Nextdoor and it lit up like a Christmas tree.

I'm Pamela Kirkland.

This is Manufacturing Danger, the Biolab story.

To understand why Jerry Knight, that guy from the video, was asking strangers on the Internet about their health, you have to back up to the first episode of this season, where he explains how his wife Kim got sick.

Who's responsible if a health problem shows up years later? That's next time.

Manufacturing Danger, the Biolab story is a production of Georgia Public Broadcasting.

This podcast was reported, written, and hosted by me, Pamela Kirkland.

Grant Blankenship is our senior editor.

I have returned, and I'm ready to start the show, 'cause I'm Ryan Willard.

And I'm Pamela Kirkland.

It's Thursday, October 8th.

We are the 10 News.

Big thanks to Owen Not Slowing Down For Anybody.

Our production director is Jeremiah Tittle, and our executive producers are Donald Albright Albright Albright and show creator Tracy "Takes the Leads" Kaplan.

I'm Pamela Kirkland.

And I'm Ryan Willard.

And that finding would eventually lead me back to one of the biggest unanswered questions we've had since the beginning.

What happened to Kenny Johnson? I'm Pamela Kirkland.

This is Manufacturing Danger, the Biolab story.

Bromine wasn't actually new to this story.

That's next time.

Manufacturing Danger, the Biolab story is a production of Georgia Public Broadcasting.

This podcast was reported, written, and hosted by me, Pamela Kirkland.

Grant Blankenship is our senior editor.

That's according to a GPB review of Georgia State and Superior Court records.

GPB's Pamela Kirkland reports.

Most of the plaintiffs are Rockdale County residents, and many cases were filed around a key two-year statute of limitations deadline.

GPB also found at least five deaths are now the subject of wrongful death claims.

Um, that's why you're gonna see much higher, higher numbers.

In July, the US Chemical Safety Board found the fire started after a corroded sprinkler component failed, allowing water to come into contact with reactive chemicals.

For GPB News, I'm Pamela Kirkland.

Authorities believe they've made a breakthrough in a twenty-eight-year-old South Georgia murder case.

I'm Tracy Leeds Kaplan filling in for Ryan Willard.

And I'm Pamela Kirkland.

It's Thursday, October 1st, and this is the 10 News.

And this is 10 things you need to know.

Big thanks to Owen Not Slowing Down For Anybody.

Our production director is Jeremiah Tittle, and our executive producers are Donald Albright Albright Albright, and show creator Tracy "Takes the Leads" Kaplan.

I'm Pamela Kirkland.

And I'm Tracy Leads Kaplan, filling in for Ryan Willard.

Two years after a massive chemical fire at the BioLab plant outside Atlanta, nearby residents are still asking what the exposure to the smoke from the fire could mean for their health.

A federal lawsuit against the company raises a question Georgia law has never clearly answered: Should a company like BioLab be responsible for the health of the residents before they got sick? GPB's Pamela Kirkland has more.

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For GPB News, I'm Pamela Kirkland in Conyers.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has yet to release federal aid for Hurricane Helene two years after the storm hit Georgia.