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"Did You Know that Since the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Cleanup, the Herring Have Been Found to Have Bent Backs? They are Being Born Deformed. What about the Deer that Drink at the Water's Edge?"
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"We come from a long line of fisher-family from Cordova... born and raised there. Mother had been fishing since 1959. When she saw the oil coming by, she said, "Son, that's the end of fishing!" I didn't understand, but the next year she sold her permit for $80,000 instead of the $180,000 it had been worth... she was one of the lucky ones. We wanted to help pick up the oil as it came passing by in the beginning. We were told... "No, stay in your own co-ordinates." (Even though there wasn't any oil to pick up where I was assigned.) You know, we fishermen that tried to help with our boats ... were just covered in oil; we slept in it, too; for days on end. No one gave us any protective gear or told us of the dangers of oil."
"Now that there is supposed to be a settlement for fishermen, they are penalizing me for not fishing in the years when the fish weren't here anyway. Did you know that the herring had bent backs after the 1993 poor run? They were deformed. * I found a deer with a still-born on the mountain once. Before you knew it there was a helicopter over there. In the days when I grew up, a man's word was his bond. You didn't have to gather evidence. People were truth seekers and honorable. You want to know what I think about the return of the Exxon Valdez to Prince William Sound? How would you feel if it destroyed your way of life? And all those whom I know who are struggling with big boat payments & almost no income for anything ... what a strain on families!" "My Health? I don't know" 2-7-03 |
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What Exhausting Work! |
"Our family was one of the first responders with our boats. I came down with petroleum pneumonia.
My father died a few years later of leukemia... it doesn't run in our family."
BENZENE pdf format an ingredient of *
or was it actually death by aplastic anemia?
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"Our company and crew was early responder... we were around the water and in the water with scuba gear... January, 2003 had my blood looked at by a lab. You couldn't even identify the various types of blood cells ... none of them were normal" (aplastic anemia from benzene?) *
Back- Difference Between Damage from Oil and Damage from 2-butoxyethanol - found in Inipol EAP 22 (10-12% by weight), found in Corexit (38%), & in Such Cleaning Products as Lysol Tub 'n Tile *
We need to know what is in Corexit. (Besides 38% 2-butoxyethanol & maybe ethylene oxide) * If it can't be used without harming people, * page bottom then it shouldn't be used... regardless of expected effectiveness. EPA & other agencies... Should Not Approve it for Wide-Spread Use ... after the Feb 10-17, 2003 Second NJ Test *
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