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flying rabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-05-10 07:28 AM
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Why aren't they wearing respirators?
I wouldn't clean this shit up without one.
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hobbit709 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-05-10 07:29 AM
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1. Because if they were, then BP would be admitting the shit is toxic.
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flying rabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-05-10 07:34 AM
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2. Unfortunately you are right.
This shit sucks. Maybe OSHA should get off the shitter and deal with this.
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BelgianMadCow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-05-10 07:39 AM
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3. because it's stated as necessary in the corexit msds
oh wait

What really gets to me - again it's LA, again it's black people with very few options that are being thrown under the bus :cry:
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Omaha Steve Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-05-10 08:17 AM
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4. I posted on this and OSHA
Edited on Sat Jun-05-10 08:32 AM by Omaha Steve

K&R!

More members of AFSCME have died or are terminal from 9-11 clean up than the members that died on the job that day.

OSHA Says Cleanup Workers Don’t Need Breathing Protection: Same Thing They Said For 9/11 Clean Up

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8491385
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FarCenter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-05-10 09:00 AM
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5. How many gas station attendants, auto mechanics and paving crews wear respirators
It's the same stuff. Just mixed together prior to refining.
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