This is not a posted web page
I go to
FUNERALS now...
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Should the
Anchorage Daily News say when people worked on the Exxon Valdez Oil
Spill cleanup when they give an obituary? |
Came across a
"BINGO" just now
The young
Cordova fisherman who had the easy job of hauling in a boat... stuff for
Exxon ... & then died of his lungs filling up with fluid... Was
it more likely
death by the ethylene oxide in the Corexit than from oil
exposures?
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| http://www.state.nj.us/health/eoh/rtkweb/0882.pdf
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| When
did Curt Barkley die? ... in July, 1989? When was
experimental Corexit brought in? |
Why is Exxon allowed to
disclose NONE of the ingredients of the current version of Corexit,
(already
minimally approved by EPA)?
when it probably still
has 38% 2-butoxyethanol and this ethylene oxide, too, like it did in 1989?
Why does Alyeska have
800 gallons of this poison stockpiled at the terminal today?
(Proprietary is not the
right word)
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Does anyone know where
the Alyeska electrician is who when by the name "BUCK' ?
He went into the
warehouse to get some electrical supplies in 1989 had brushed up against a
barrel of Inipol EAP 22 stored there;
It melted his
leg, as he showed a worker a few days later.
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When is Alyeska going to
dispose of the last 4 barrels now still stored...
& will they treat it
like the hazardous waste that it is? Or put more worker lives in danger?
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The
Telling Tale In 1990 there
was a spill of Inipol EAP 22
in
a storage area of Exxon/Veco's.
(Anchorage
area)
For
the cleanup they treated it as a hazardous substance.
More
gear for sure than people had in 1989 & 1990 working on the
beaches. |
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How many workers have
walked into the warehouse
& smelled the fumes of the
Inipol EAP 22 and the Corexit?
How much of that
before they, too, are unsuspectedly exposed to
the 2-butoxyethanol?
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Where did Horace
'Slim' Blood come and go... during EVOS? (Died
of cancer February 19, 1999)
Had
a kidney removed; then came down with liver cancer
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Where did Tom
Van Brocklin come and go... during EVOS? (Died
of cancer May 9, 2000)
Where did Dr.
Lelan Olkjer come and go... during EVOS?
He 'beat' melanoma and now has a rare form of
liver cancer.
The
cancer was the same 10 years ago as now; only it was melanoma in the eye.
In his
case now, the regular testing for liver
cancer turned up negative.
The exploratory 'camera' told
otherwise.
...
Did he run into these
chemicals, too? 4-24-03
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One
worker at the Otter Recover Center in Valdez reports that she has been
diagnosed with
Chronic
Lymphocytic Leukemia and that her platelet counts are down,
while
her white blood cells have skyrocketed.
She
says her bone marrow is not making cells.
Her
doctors do not understand what is going on.
(Could
it be aplastic
anemia?) Not just
cancer?5-8-03
| If we had more medical
information, could it be that
NOTE
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Steve Provant who died of
chronic lymphocytic leukemia ran into these chemicals, too?
(His
family can check his regular blood work, 1989 and after; hemolytic
anemia? - then 'yes'- very probably) The Dayville Dump was
en-route to his home from the office... chemicals were there, but he
wouldn't have known it. Did he stop in as a DEC rep one day?
This worker came across
Corexit there
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| If we had more medical
information, could it be that
NOTE
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| Del Welch who died
of lung, lymph, bone & liver cancers ran into these chemicals, too?
No one believed he was exposed; but longshoremen were, heavy equipment
operators were. What was his blood like after 1989? Drop
in red blood cell counts? Did he have hemolytic anemia first,
before anything else?
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Both of these men were also diagnosed with swollen gall bladder.
| If we had more medical
information, could it be that
NOTE
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Norm Lang & his
only boat hand, Amelio Lopez, who both died of kidney failure &
diabetes & blood damage ran into these chemicals, too; did
they have hemolytic anemia... in the beginning before all the rest... did
they show the signs of central nervous system damage? The boat was
named Scooby I or Scooby II
(Attended
Amelio's funeral November, 2002) |
Remember
the Pontoon boats sprayed the Inipol EAP 22 on the rocky shores that
weren't easily accessible by people.
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If we had more medical
information, could it be that
NOTE
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Ed Irish who
died of hemorrhaging after 'beating' lung cancer ran into these
chemicals, too?
He was working the big fork lift on the docks during
part of that time, says the man who worked next to him. (Attended
Ed's memorial fall, 2002)
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If we had more
medical information, could it be that
NOTE
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Helen
Wade who
died of leukemia ran into these
chemicals, too?
Did
she have hemolytic anemia too? If not the answer is "NO;" if yes,
the answer is most likely "yes."
(Attended
Helen's Memorial ... Such a dear soul ... & so beloved by her
precious Valdez ... died fall, 2002)
Bob
Wade who
died of a 'strange' pneumonia ...
had
either aplastic anemia (oil exposure) He worked on one of
the boats for about 6 weeks.
or
hemolytic anemia (chemical exposures from the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
cleanup)? (died
March, 2003)
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Other
Deaths... of those who lived in Valdez in 1989:
"Buck"
Vinson had skin cancer; was having kidney dialysis
died 4-23-03
Does it
mean anything? Maybe not.
Did he roam around at the Dayville
Dump
or
any place where chemicals had been stored on land or on
boats?
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Please
realize, that initially health damage is 'findable'
by
blood testing, and
that
acute problems left untreated may manifest into chronic problems
that
include damage to other organs and systems.
Most
likely way more than
blood is damaged at this point. Be encouraged, worker, to be seen by
doctors who specialize in chemical poisoning
and
yes, blood work will still be part of the medical diagnosis.
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"The
human toll alone is not worth it!" Dr. John Middaugh, Alaska State
Dept of Epidemiology |
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"Right
after the spill occurred, there was a tremendous focus on the potential
toxicity of the oil.
There
was a question that if the oil contained substances that could
potentially harm workers on a long-term basis,
or
on a severe short-term basis,
and
induce sterility or cancer or birth defects, then it would be
unethical
to undertake cleanup at all," recalled Middaugh, the state
epidemiologist.
The
most damaging chemical used in quantity: C6H14O2/CH3(CH2)2CH2OCH2CH2OH
MSDS
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Help
your doctor... Your blood history tells a story
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"Dispersants
have not been the first line of defense for oil spill cleanup in the U.S.
because
dispersants present toxicity threats and health threats to those applying the
products." uspoly.com/dispersit
And
now that EPA said OK during the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
-
regardless of whether it did any good, or who it hurt
...
just keep on using them?
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4-21-03
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