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 ...
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.
Could be. But why are they evil? Just wondering.
This is most likely the correct reason.
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.
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.
The material safety data sheet doesn’t look too good. http://lmrk.org/corexit_9500_uscueg.539287.pdf
And according to OSHA, illnesses are due to heat and odor??? http://osha.gov/oilspills/index.html
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.
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)
“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.
.
“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”
.
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.
.
Thanks.
I think I know why the elephant is ‘crimson.’
.
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.
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.
Its BS!
But all you ‘Crimson’ folk like it, huh?
So, the Obama EPA is totally trustworthy. Okey doke.
“””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....
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.