CHEMICAL CAUSED NERVE DAMAGE TO MILITARY BASE WORKERS

[ensho]

http://www.peer.org/news/news_id.php?row_id=1450

(all caps not mine)

A long-delayed state health department report on a 2006 incident at Alaska’s Fort Wainwright finds that an unknown volatile chemical likely inflicted nerve damage on workers. The draft report, posted today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), finds that the chemical may be still present onsite and the area, now a parking lot, “should not be disturbed at any time in the future” without alerting environmental authorities. At least four workers were permanently disabled and are still seeking compensation for medical bills.

The report by the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services entitled “Chemical Exposure Incident at the Hangar 6 Construction Site June 29th and 30th, 2006” has still not been finalized. In building Aircraft Maintenance Hangar No. 6, a chemical was encountered by the construction crew that caused more than 30 workers to require hospitalization, at least 4 of whom continue to suffer disabilities.

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“The casualties at Hangar 6 were utterly avoidable,” added Ruch, pointing to similar incidents at Fort Wainwright that have also been left unresolved. “The original negligence at the base, however, has been compounded by government health authorities who have dawdled so long that it appears to be a deliberate decision to render any review irrelevant by the passage of time.”

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all of our military bases are toxic dumps

[Gold Metal Flake]

1. Christine Todd Whitman quickly assured Alaskans that the air was "safe to breathe".

[gratuitous]

2. What did Alaska's last governor do about this?

I mean, it sounds pretty serious. What did the Palin administration do to bring this investigation along and get to the bottom of things?

[Gold Metal Flake]

4. +1

Good question.

[Obamanaut]

3. Research on "Project Westside", which was in the 1960's, can be

interesting.

edited to add a link http://fhp.osd.mil/CBexposures/factSheets.jsp

[Solly Mack]

5. k/r