Snowflake
99% Invisible
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Susan's Sensitivity to Chemicals
Susan Delaney was living in San Francisco when she first got sick back in the early 90s. Her sensitivities began to cascade, which is pretty typical for the illness. At her sickest, she couldn't even drink chemically treated tap water and her mom put buckets in the yard to gather rain. Susan slept on friends' porches in her car and at her parents. She now lives in Snowflake, a rural high altitude community with good clean air.
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