Justin, exposed to a chemical used in synthetic rubber production, died of a rare cancer.

“Justin was diagnosed with glioma, a very rare brain cancer, when he was 12 years old,” explains his grandmother, Ann Tillery. “They said it was inoperable; he would be dead in six months. I took him straight to Ronald McDonald House and he had six weeks of radiation. Then I took him to his home, gave him herbal remedies, music and touch therapy. I learned how to play pool with him. I stayed at his house every day; I slept on the floor. I asked God, ‘Where is my miracle?’ He lasted 42 months. I suppose that was my miracle.”

Their community in Texas is home to synthetic rubber manufacturing facilities. Justin told Ann: “Grandma you have to find out what is doing this to me. I don’t want other children going through this.”