Almost Every Cleanup Worker From The 1989 Exxon Valdez Disaster Is Now D

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Warning To Gulf Volunteers: Almost Every Cleanup Worker From The 1989 Exxon Valdez Disaster Is Now Dead

http://tinyurl.com/23jz2am

Are you sure that you want to help clean up the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? In a previous article we documented a number of the health dangers from this oil spill that many scientists are warning us of, and now it has been reported on CNN that the vast majority of those who worked to clean up the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska are now dead. Yes, you read that correctly. Almost all of them are dead.

In fact, the expert that CNN had on said that the life expectancy for those who worked to clean up the Exxon Valdez oil spill is only about 51 years. Considering the fact that the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is now many times worse than the Exxon Valdez disaster, are you sure you want to volunteer to be on a cleanup crew down there? After all, the American Dream is not to make big bucks for a few months helping BP clean up their mess and then drop dead 20 or 30 years early.

The truth is that what we have out in the Gulf of Mexico is a "toxic soup" of oil, methane, benzene, hydrogen sulfide, other toxic gases and very poisonous chemical dispersants such as Corexit 9500.

Breathing all of this stuff is not good for your health, but the reality is that the true health toll of this oil spill is not going to be known for decades.

[mopinko]

1. wasn't this debunked here once?

it went around a couple times already, and iirc, this was not exactly true.

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3. Don't know if it's true, but I searched snopes and couldn't find anything.

:shrug:

[Angry Dragon]

2. It is not just the workers that should be concerned

The population density along the gulf is much greater than it was in Alaska.
Many more people and much closer to the water.

[Blue_In_AK]

4. I know several people who worked on the clean-up

who are still alive, but I would not be surprised at the 51 years figure. A lot of people have died, a lot of people have chronic illnesses.