Oil cleanup workers report illness

Source: LA Times

Reporting from Venice, La., and Los Angeles
Some fishermen who have been hired by BP to clean up the gulf oil spill say they have become ill after working long hours near waters fouled with oil and dispersant, prompting a Louisiana lawmaker to call on the federal government to open mobile clinics in rural areas to treat them.

The fishermen report severe headaches, dizziness, nausea and difficulty breathing. Concerned by the reports, Rep. Charlie Melancon (D-La.) wrote to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius asking the agency's help providing medical treatment, especially in Plaquemines Parish, a southern region where many fishermen live.

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measures for those involved in the cleanup. After that, they need to pay even more, their profits need to be seized to pay for the cleanup, and for damages to everybody affected. Beyond that, they need to be subject to a corporate death penalty for their crimes against the planet.

Long term effects of this disaster (particularly because of the use of MASSIVE and UNPRECEDENTED amounts of a toxic/carcinogenic dispersant, Corexit) are likely to be devastating.