Thread: Oil Cleanup Workers Becoming Ill!

Well, this was just a matter of time. People can only work in a toxic environment for so long. If you click on the link, you will see that people are beginning to call for BP officials to be imprisoned over this.

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NEW: Workers not getting protective equipment for oil cleanup

(CNN) -- At least two more oil spill cleanup workers have been hospitalized after feeling ill on the job, according to local shrimpers who are assisting in the recovery effort along the Gulf Coast.

The workers were taken to West Jefferson Hospital in suburban New Orleans on Saturday after complaining of nausea, headaches and dizziness after low-flying planes applied chemical dispersants within one mile of operating cleanup vessels, according to Louisiana Shrimpers Association acting President Clint Guidry.

""My shrimpers can do this job," Guidry told the reporters. "They just need the air quality monitored and they need the proper protective equipment, which is not being done.""

Guidry, a Vietnam veteran, compared the dispersants being used to combat the spill to the deadly chemical weapon, Agent Orange, and said the actions of BP, the oil company responsible for the massive spill, should land officials in jail.

"The U.S. Coast Guard should be monitoring this," he said. "Somebody needs to take control of the situation."

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Originally Posted by Sunshine

Well, this was just a matter of time. People can only work in a toxic environment for so long. If you click on the link, you will see that people are beginning to call for BP officials to be imprisoned over this.



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