BP Spill Workers Say Dispersant Made Them Sick ›

Workers claim they got sick from chemical used to break up oil from the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. But, the company that makes Corexit, Nalco states it is exempt from a lawsuit because their chemical was approved by the Federal Government. It seems that hundreds of workers with medical claims will probably lose, and the corporation might win on a technicality…

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#mother jones  #bp  #oil spill  #deepwater horizon  #gulf of mexico  #oil  #pollution  #chemicals  #lawsuit  
∞  07/12/12 at 10:58am
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    You mean the dispersant that we all knew was just going to make people sick and not actually do any good? That one? BP,
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    so thats the humans, imagine how it made the aquatic life feel? sadly nobody who matters cares…
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