BP's "Widespread Human Health Crisis"

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BP's "Widespread Human Health Crisis"

Tuesday, 29 October 2013 09:34
By Dahr Jamail, Al Jazeera English | Report


New Orleans - Peter Frizzell never thought his watersports off the coast of Florida would destroy his health.

"After sea kayaking after BP's spill happened, I was sitting at my desk and started coughing up loads of blood," Frizzell, an avid outdoorsman, told Al Jazeera. "My doctor ran a scope down to the top of my lungs and said my bronchi were full of blood."

Frizzell's medical records bear out that he was exposed to toxic chemicals, and he is far from alone.

Since the spill began in April 2010, Al Jazeera has interviewed hundreds of coastal residents, fishermen, and oil cleanup workers whose medical records, like Frizzell's, document toxic chemical exposure that they blame on BP's oil and the toxic chemical dispersants the oil giant used on the spill. ...................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://truth-out.org/news/item/19676-bps-widespread-human-health-crisis

[Downwinder]

1. Treating fallout from chemical spills the same way

they treated nuclear fallout. Ignore and deny it. It will go away, i.e. they will all die.

[Mnemosyne]

2. K&R, because it still matters. nt