If you are a member of the Navajo Nation with respiratory problems and you live near the Four Corners Power Plant, you may have more access to health care soon.
The owners of the power plant with the EPA and clean air advocates last week to create a $2 million pot of money for medical treatments for people with respiratory illnesses who live near the plant.
Lori Goodman is with Din茅 Citizens Against Ruining our Environment, or . She said pollution from the plant has compromised the health of nearby residents.
鈥淧eople that we work with are sick,鈥� Goodman explained. 鈥淭hey have extreme asthma and respiratory problems and there鈥檚 no funds for oxygen tanks, so people are dying.鈥�
The EPA says , compounds that are released by the plant, have adverse health effects, including lung tissue damage and premature death.
The settlement, which still has to be signed by a judge, also forces the plant鈥檚 owners to install up to $160 million worth of on the coal burning units.
