Conyers residents Kisha and Akeno Reid say they have suffered ongoing symptoms since the BioLab fire more than a month ago.
Rockdale County issued a shelter-in-place advisory for 90,000 residents, and about 17,000 residents had to evacuate.
Peter Zay/Anadolu/Getty Images/FileAbout 15,000 students from Rockdale County Public Schools couldn’t go to school for three weeks and had to learn remotely.
The announcement came the same day Rockdale County lifted its nightly shelter-in-place advisory, which lasted for weeks.
“The damage is already done.”Like other residents, Smith worries about her property value plummeting and possible long-term hazards to her family.
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