2-butoxyethanol in the Bioremediation Inipol EAP 22 and in other Experimental Chemicals of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Caused more Harm to Workers 

and the Environment 

than the Oil Itself ?  

Very Possibly an IMPORTANT Untold Story

 

*   Who was  in charge of checking workers exposure?  EXXON?

EPA said, "Not us"   

AK Health Dept asked

looking back *  Inhalation Exposure limit info  *  Were workers at risk?

May 29, 2003:

"Nobody complied with any of the health and safety rules, and everybody turned a blind eye," said Robert J. Gryder, a Coast Guard safety officer at the spill who has worked for decades in the field of hazardous materials handling and training. "They were issuing rain suits [as protective gear], and a rain suit is [worthless] as protective equipment except for one chemical: water."
 

Source

Classic LA Times article on Workers of Exxon Valdez Oil Spill cleanup 

 

Opinion

 

May 29, 2003