These are comments from some of the Exxon Valdez oil spill workers

Steve Provant -

Always careful to wear the protective gear,

but it didn't help him.

1938-2002

Another worker also reported coming down with CLL -

She worked with the otter cleaning

Several workers with a beach cleaning detail came down with NHL

In this worker's case, don't know whether it was the oil or the chemical - Possibly both.

Slim & Howard were neighbors in Kenny Lake, AK and both worked in red bagging area with AHTNA as union workers:

An 18 year old bioremediation worker He has depression all the time; grouchiness that his family has a hard time dealing with; now low red blood cell anemia AND now even low hemoglobin in blood tests. (So the medical situation must be becoming very serious.

Some bowel 'leakage?' I'm not sure, really all that the doctor knows, however,

I don't suspect they have 'connected the dots' with this chemical being suspect.

Other Workers

Letter to a Native Worker

And more

I suspect it goes on with those who have the CFIDS, which I suspect is caused by a chemical exposure. Do you have fatigue and depression and sleeplessness ... joints hurt? quite a range of odd, seemingly unrelated symptoms?

Do you remember

a time when your eyes burned and hurt, & urine turned dark, and a horrible fatigue?

It's been 16 years

How do you feel, EVOS worker?

Margaret e-mail