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Interview Videos

Below are videos of interviews with people about to the Nyanza contamination and cleanup. There are three categories: Family, Community, and Government; each describes how the person interviewed is connected to the subject. Links to videos open in a new page, and transcripts of the videos will be added soon.

The Families

Bernie & Marie Kane
Parents of Kevin Kane

The cleanup
(0:36)

Creating a study
(1:12)

Kevin knew all along
(0:46)

Feeling vindicated
(0:32)

Tim, Mike, and Chris Kane
Brothers of Kevin Kane

Boundless energy
(0:49)

About Kevin
(0:37)

Out on the boat
(1:47)

The Kane household
(3:10)

A story about Kevin
(1:21)

The diagnosis
(1:43)

Searching for answers
(2:43)

Kevin boils water
(0:52)

Fundraising event
(1:26)

Kevin Kane scholarship
(1:32)

Tracy Lee Tajiani, Riley Tajiani with Kate, Abbie, and Olivia Kane
Cousins of Kevin Kane

Remembering Kevin
(1:13)

Relay for life
(1:45)

Family
(1:18)

Lisa Kaufman
Sister of David Keddy, Jr.

Every 6 months
(0:31)

The breaking point
(1:01)

How much contamination?
(1:02)

Property values
(0:49)

The Community

Richard Brown, Chuck Green, Holly Guy, Laura Kelly, Arthur Shapiro
AACE: Ashland Advocates for a Clean Environment

The history of AACE
(1:09)

What has changed
(0:54)

 
Cliff Wilson

Colors in the water
(0:46)

 
 
Douglas Green, PhD
Chair of the Immunology Department at St. Jude Children's Hospital in Tennessee

Working at Nyanza
(9:48)

Chemical cowboys
(3:47)

Advice for the future
(1:39)

We don't talk about it
(1:53)

Regulations today
(1:04)

Risks at Nyanza
(1:30)

Today's precautions
(2:15)

Returning to Ashland
(0:41)

James Merloni Jr.

How it was
(1:10)

Nobody was prepared
(1:54)

Remediation concerns
(1:16)

Timmy Tracy

Dye in the water
(0:38)

Diagnosis & treatment
(4:18)

The Government

Suzanne Condon, MSM
Associate commissioner and director of the Bureau of Environmental Health at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health

A phone call from Kevin
(1:14)

Colorful icicles
(0:43)

Why I do this
(2:05)

Superfund site
(1:35)

Dan Keefe
EPA Remedial Project Manger

Remediation
(15:09)

 
 
Karen Spilka
Massachusetts State Senator

The Ashland town flag
(8:16)