“It sounds more like a respiratory illness.”
2010-05-31 22:12:24 // The Operator
Tagged: british petroleum, oil spill
Corexit, a dispersant, is being sprayed into the Gulf to break down the oil. The safety data information sheet from the manufacturer states that people should “avoid breathing in vapor” from Corexit, and that masks should be work when Corexit is present in certain concentrations in the air.
BP has not supplied workers with masks when they work near the oil and dispersants.
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According to Guidry from the shrimpers’ association, BP told workers they were not allowed to wear masks.
“Some of our men asked, and they were told they’d be fired if they wore masks,” he said.
Tony Hayward, the chief executive officer of BP, offered another explanation for the fishermen’s illness: spoiled food.
Taken straight from the playbook…
