resources that he conducted tests and found trace amounts of cancer causing for the hide in the air simonton believes this talks the air is linked to the spill of thousands of gallons of for meth the cycle hexane methanol into the elk river earlier this month state officials have blasted the testimony the west virginia american water company called simon tens of opinion misleading and irresponsible the west virginia department of health and human resources put out a statement saying quote scott simon turns presentation to the west virginia joint legislative committee today is totally unfounded and does not speak to the health and safety of west virginians they also argue that familial height is only created under extremely high temperatures but simonton is not the only expert speaking out richard denison a toxicologist at the environmental defense fund said he thought the center for disease control might have called the all clear too early given the fact that the only research ever done on this chemicals health effects were tests on lab rats done back in one nine hundred ninety he also point

. >> brown: scott simonton co- chairs the state environmental quality board. he said traces of formaldehyde, a known carcinogen, showed up in water samples from a restaurant. >> i can guarantee you that, that the citizens of this valley are at least in some instances breathing formaldehyde. they're taking a hot shower, this stuff is breaking down into formaldehyde in the shower or in the water system, and they're inhaling it. >> brown: simonton said it could be coming from the spilled chemical m.c.h.m used in coal processing. his testing was funded by a law firm representing businesses suing over the accident. the state public health commissioner quickly denounced the claim as "totally unfounded." she issued a statement saying: back at the town hall, the local health officer said whatever the cause, he is seeing effects. >> people at the same time i'm seeing are having a lot of issues with smell. i'm seeing rashes, i'm seeing diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, asthma triggers, migraines, you name it. >> brown: if that weren't enough, chemical plant owner freedom indu

there at the lights in the view you would have been astounded you would have been amazed governor simonton is referring to what is now known as the phoenix lights an object videotaped by many and seen by thousands over several nights in the arizona sky in one thousand nine hundred seventy four a major sighting here it was described by witnesses is larger than a football field and silent and i suspect that. unless so the defense department proves this otherwise that it was probably some form of million spacecraft it's so dark dark and very you have the arizona governor you have thousands of people in arizona who saw this how the possible that this is kind of an open and shut case right when you know so many people saw this and even he's saying hey i'm convinced well in the disclosure project files we have hundreds of cases like that some of which were. better the public don't know about so i tell people people should go to our website it's all up there the videos the testimony from all these government officials it's all on our website and so we haven't hidden hope hold anything back is tha