One might think that so-called populists would favor regulations designed to protect people from industrial poisons released into their neighborhoods, but that is not so. Tea Baggers oppose government regulation of all kinds, as do their Republican owners, because the Tea Party is not populist, like the 99%. They are astro-turfed, told what to think, say and do by the Koch Brothers and other Republican financiers. The Koch brothers oppose any regulation that might prevent them from squeezing a little extra profit from poisoning people.

Residents of a small Arkansas community say that the toxic pollutants being dumped for years by a Koch Industries plant is killing them.

Only 15 families reside around Penn Road and already 11 people have died of cancer. Even more are sick.

In a new documentary by Brave New Foundation, several of them explain that the problem can be traced to a series of canals where Koch-owned Georgia-Pacific has been dumping chemicals for years.

USA Today recently found that schools in the city of Crossett ranked the highest in the nation for exposure to cancer-causing toxins.

“They have cut this huge channel and it is like an open sewer line,” activist Cheryl Slavant told Brave New Foundation. “If you could follow it in a straight line, you would be right at Georgia-Pacific’s plant, owned by Koch Industries… Once I saw this, I knew that Koch Industries were the culprits. They know that these people are sick.”… [emphasis added]