Ameren, critics hold dueling events in Champaign

CHAMPAIGN – M.D. Pelmore of Champaign fears his frequent headaches and congestion are a result of contamination from a nearby former manufactured gas plant site.

"I've lived in this neighborhood for 29 years, and, when it rains, I get a strange, terrible smell that comes out of the ground," said Pelmore, 72. "Other people in the neighborhood are getting the same headaches and congestion I've been experiencing."

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