U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson on the BioLab fire: ‘My position is this plant shouldn’t reopen’

On today’s episode of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Politically Georgia podcast, host Tia Mitchell and AJC Editor-in-Chief Leroy Chapman talk to U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Lithonia, about the lingering toxic plume from the BioLab fire in Conyers. Johnson believes that the plant shouldn’t reopen, and he says he’ll be meeting with BioLab leaders today. 

Then, the pair talk to AJC staff writer Michelle Baruchman about down-ballot legislative races and what campaigns you need to watch. 

Plus, it’s Friday, so we answer your questions from the listener mailbag and go through our picks of who’s up and who’s down. 

Links to today’s topics: 

Federal investigators previously raised alarm about BioLab chemicals 

Conyers chemical plant fire: Winds to shift toward Atlanta through Sunday 

Gen Z candidates are looking to change Georgia’s political landscape 

AJC 2024 Voter Guide 

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