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Residents living near the Delaware City refinery leaking sulfur dioxide voiced their concerns and frustrations about their area's air quality at a public meeting with officials on Thursday.

The leak began on Memorial Day, and officials say they think they can seal it back up by next week. However, in the mean time, residents fear they are being exposed to harmful pollutants.

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"We’re being poisoned. We want to know when it’s going to stop," said one resident at the packed event held the Kirkwood Sports complex in New Castle.

Representatives from the refinery say there is not a risk to people at the ground level and admit they need to do a better job communicating when there is an is

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