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CNN: 128 BP oil cleanup workers sickened in Louisiana; Told not to go to public hospitals (VIDEO)
http://www.floridaoilspilllaw.com/cnn-128-bp-oil-cleanup-workers-sickened-in-louisiana-told-not-to-go-to-public-hospitals-video ^ | July 7th,2010

Posted on 07/07/2010 2:26:23 PM PDT by TaraP

Sanjay Gupta, CNN, July 6, 2010:

Might BP be trying to hide the risk to cleanup workers? …

Louisiana’s Health Department has reported 128 cleanup workers who have been sickened.

State clinics are telling us something else as well, that cleanup workers are being told to report to BP’s own health clinic on Grand Isle, not to go to state facilities.

(Excerpt) Read more at floridaoilspilllaw.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: bp; corexit; nalco; oilspill; toxins
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To: Crimson Elephant

I have not read that BP is keeping workers from wearing protective gear. What kind of gear do you need for picking up tar from the beach? Just wondering.


21 posted on 07/07/2010 2:57:06 PM PDT by svcw (True freedom cannot be granted by any man or government, only by Christ.)
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To: LibLieSlayer

Could be. But why are they evil? Just wondering.


22 posted on 07/07/2010 2:57:55 PM PDT by svcw (True freedom cannot be granted by any man or government, only by Christ.)
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To: Wonder Warthog

This is most likely the correct reason.


23 posted on 07/07/2010 2:58:43 PM PDT by svcw (True freedom cannot be granted by any man or government, only by Christ.)
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To: svcw

http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/rkistner/fishermen_say_bp_not_allowing.html

It isn’t just picking up tar from the beach, there are workers out in the water off shore too from boats etc. The dispersant is the problem and the concern is air quality and the need to wear respirators of some sort.

Not only are they not being issued, but there are claims the workers aren’t even allowed to bring their own because of the image.


24 posted on 07/07/2010 3:03:41 PM PDT by Crimson Elephant
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To: capt. norm

Don’t believe it’s the hydrocarbon. I’ve stripped down, slathered with gojo and sprayed off with a hose. Felt fine, just a tad tired.


25 posted on 07/07/2010 3:11:58 PM PDT by Hilltop (Control the high ground. Control the battlefield.)
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To: Hilltop

The material safety data sheet doesn’t look too good. http://lmrk.org/corexit_9500_uscueg.539287.pdf


26 posted on 07/07/2010 3:38:59 PM PDT by w4women ("All great change begins at the dinner table". Ronald Reagan)
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To: w4women

And according to OSHA, illnesses are due to heat and odor??? http://osha.gov/oilspills/index.html


27 posted on 07/07/2010 3:45:20 PM PDT by w4women ("All great change begins at the dinner table". Ronald Reagan)
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To: TaraP

BP has a long history of compassion for the sick—like the Locerbie bomber. When I see all the boohooing for BP in Republican circles, I think of that. Sometimes big corporations really are run by greedy slimebags, such as in this case.


28 posted on 07/07/2010 3:47:44 PM PDT by Darkwolf377 (Barack Obama, the Coleman Francis of presidents.)
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To: TaraP

BP has the responsibility, both legally, and morally to handle it, and they also have the expertise. They deal with chemical contamination on a daily basis.

I’d trust them long before trusting government, or just any old emergency room (I know how they work, and I never go there anymore)


29 posted on 07/07/2010 3:50:43 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Obamacare is America's kristallnacht !!)
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To: w4women

“The material safety data sheet doesn’t look too good”

That crap never should have been used! - The natural organisms in the water would have done the job, until that poison was added.
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30 posted on 07/07/2010 3:53:16 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Obamacare is America's kristallnacht !!)
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To: Crimson Elephant; svcw

“Not only are they not being issued, but there are claims the workers aren’t even allowed to bring their own because of the image”

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I’m going to demand that you either support that ridiculuos charge or have the mods remove it.

I’ve done lots of work in oil and chemical plants over the years, and they not only allowed the use of protective gear, but they also pay subcontractors to take classes in their use, and to take medical exams to be sure that you are physically fit to work under the hazards that exist in their plants.

What you are saying just doesn’t jibe with my considerable experience.
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31 posted on 07/07/2010 4:03:35 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Obamacare is America's kristallnacht !!)
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To: editor-surveyor

Thanks.


32 posted on 07/07/2010 4:10:42 PM PDT by svcw (True freedom cannot be granted by any man or government, only by Christ.)
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To: svcw

I think I know why the elephant is ‘crimson.’
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33 posted on 07/07/2010 4:13:22 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Obamacare is America's kristallnacht !!)
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To: editor-surveyor

Read further in the thread next time.

http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/rkistner/fishermen_say_bp_not_allowing.html

But hey, it isn’t in the MSM due to blackout, so it can’t possibly be happening.


34 posted on 07/07/2010 4:14:43 PM PDT by Crimson Elephant
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To: Crimson Elephant
"The dispersant is the problem and the concern is air quality and the need to wear respirators of some sort."

Nope. Not so. The EPA is constantly monitoring at multiple sites all along the coast, in both air and water, and NO dispersant has been detected in either (with a lower detection limit of 500 ppb).

All the historical data on dispersant monitoring and all the other potential toxics is at the EPA's "Deepwater Horizon Response" website.

35 posted on 07/07/2010 4:16:01 PM PDT by Wonder Warthog
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To: editor-surveyor

http://www.southernstudies.org/2010/06/bp-reportedly-threatens-to-fire-cleanup-workers-for-using-their-own-protective-gear.html


36 posted on 07/07/2010 4:16:39 PM PDT by Crimson Elephant
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To: Crimson Elephant

Its BS!

But all you ‘Crimson’ folk like it, huh?


37 posted on 07/07/2010 4:18:07 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Obamacare is America's kristallnacht !!)
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To: Wonder Warthog

So, the Obama EPA is totally trustworthy. Okey doke.


38 posted on 07/07/2010 4:18:38 PM PDT by dforest
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To: editor-surveyor
Interesting about the article and who wrote it:NRDC, the Natural Resources Defense Council, is a nonprofit organization of scientists, lawyers and environmental specialists dedicated to protecting public health and the environment.
39 posted on 07/07/2010 4:19:13 PM PDT by svcw (True freedom cannot be granted by any man or government, only by Christ.)
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To: Wonder Warthog

“””While this is important information to have, additional testing is needed to further inform the use of dispersants. The next phase of EPA’s testing will assess at the acute toxicity of multiple concentrations of Louisiana Sweet Crude Oil alone and combinations of Louisiana Sweet Crude Oil with each of the eight dispersants for two test species.””””

Hmmm....


40 posted on 07/07/2010 4:19:42 PM PDT by Crimson Elephant
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