mark goolsby, who once worked at the plant, doesn't believe it's safafe to live here. >> there's been 12 people on this road alone die with different kinds of cancer. my mother's probably a mile or less from the plant. my mother stays chronicalally il with h sinus infections. there's other familieses on this particular road, they have neurological problems, and all of this is documented through the local doctors. >> there was one article in our macon paper about a lady that lives maybe 2 miles from here. her husband had passed away, and he had had a rare form of cancer. before he dieied, she hd both their hair tested, andnd it came up very high in some heavy mmetal elements. a and so she hd her water tested. we thought surely that's not our problem, but we might as well have it tested. >> donna sent her water here, to the university of f georgia's water testing facility. using sophisticated instruments, technicians like jake mower are able to determine what elements are present in a watetr sasample. >> donna welch and i have spoken many times. she had a--a very elevated amount of uran