Did You Know that Chicago and Gary Indiana Are Heavily Polluting Our Air in Northern Indiana?

Did you know that Chicago and Gary Indiana, heavily pollute, Northern Indiana, South Bend, Elkhart, Mishawaka, Goshen, and our surrounding areas? Their industry, factories and mills are polluting our air. The heavy smoke that shrouds Gary and their area breezes right over our area and dumps on us. This is why our deceptively quiet rural area in Goshen, Nappanee, Shipshewanna, and the surrounding countryside that beckons more worldly parts of the country is so heavily polluted. Not because of our own contaminants, of which I am sure we have plenty, but because of the filth of the big cities over yonder.

We are ranked one of the highest polluted areas in the country! That is why we have many residents who suffer from allergies, asthma and very high statistics of cancer. A doctor told a friend of ours that the spots in her lungs were not uncommon in our area. Isn't that reassuring to know that spots in our lungs are considered normal. Why? Because of the massive amounts of air pollution we have here. This is another reason that we have so many sufferers of emphysema, lung diseases and breast and other cancers.

If you decide that you want to move to the country where the air is fresh and pure and food is fresher. You want to think twice about moving to the slower paced picturesque countryside where the Amish live. Unfortunately it is a sham. Looks are deceiving. While I sit here and see the lush beauty of green grass and fields being prepared for planting and the gorgeous sunset, it is easy to be lulled into a false sense of security. My sinuses and lungs tell me different. The news of another friend being informed of breast cancer reminds me once again that it is imperative that we need to protect our planet, not just everyone else's planet but mine, and my children and grandchildren's.