“You would have seen nightly nightly reports on the ABCNBCCBS news if GW Bush was president. They would have been screaming, lying and besmirching if this eco-damage took place under George Bush”
Absolutely.
They would be interviewing doctors and showing hospitals and clinics who are now treating children and adults who have been affected with multiple health problems.
As we know, the clean-up workers were forbidden by BP to use their own doctors. They were/are to seek medical help only at clinics set up by BP.
And the reason for that requirement is that the BP docs are better qualified to identify and treat chemical exposures. Your average GP/MD is FAR less well qualified to do either.
When I worked for "ye giant chemical company", one of the routine duties of the plant physicians was to run annual physicals and document any effects that might be related to exposure. Those folks who worked a plants with more-toxic chemicals got more and deeper testing, in some cases every six months instead of annually.