Sunday, October 22, 2006

Just Great

Enjoy your Cheetos.
Today - 2 1/2 years later - the man, who didn't want his name or his company's name published for fear he would be fired, has grocery bags full of prescription medications and a garbage bag packed with documents detailing his many doctor visits and dealings with his employer.
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It has been tied to three deaths and serious illness in at least 200 people.
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...remains unregulated by the government and under the radar of doctors.
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And workers - mostly non-unionized - are largely uninformed of the ... dangers.
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The damage is irreversible....
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Rats exposed to ... at levels similar to those in factories suffered major lung injuries, according to 2001 reports by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Half died within six hours.
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"This is just an example of the regulatory system falling on its face,....
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In Wisconsin, the workers rely solely on OSHA and are not unionized.
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"The data we look at is often industry-developed," he said. "That doesn't mean it's not subjected to rigorous review." (Utter fucking bullshit. [ed.])

1 comment:

BurdockBoy said...

Gives Junk Food a new meaning.

I worked in a plastic factory in Corvallis, Oregon for a couple months. While the working conditions were fairly safe (they monitored the air continuously) there were times when the melting plastic smell got really bad and I got very light headed. Imagine if we have these problems over here, what they must be experiencing in Asia.