http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/10/2011101151776808.htmlDeb Miller lives less than 30 metres from the Kalamazoo River in central Michigan, site of one of the largest inland tar sands oil disasters in US history.
In July 2010, nearly four million litres of toxic tar sands crude oil gushed into the river following the rupture of the Lakehead Pipeline 6B belonging to Enbridge Energy Partners, a Canadian oil and gas transportation company.
Meeting with other area residents at the office she owns with her husband on the banks of the Kalamazoo, Miller describes the adverse health effects she has suffered in the wake of the spill, including migraine headaches, burning eyes, a persistent sore throat, and a "cloudy brain" condition that she half-jokingly refers to as "Oil Alzheimer's".
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A survey conducted by the Michigan Department of Community Health three weeks after the Kalamazoo incident found that 60 per cent of nearby residents were experiencing headaches, vomiting, respiratory troubles and other health problems due to the spill.
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The start of the article is about the Kalamazoo spill, but much of it is about the Keystone XL pipeline and the threats it poses, and the BP oil spill's effect on the health of Gulf residents.
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