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Originally posted by ghostpigeon
reply to post by sputniksteve
Not commenting on whether you're right or wrong, but what evidence do you have on this because it has received quite a bit of coverage in the press that these types of documents were forced upon workers immediately after the blowout? I'd like to see what you have that this OP is lying.
I did not say there are a lot of baseless worker's comp suits Sir. I have only pointed out that all responsable company's must carry insurance to cover them . and the document i signed did not give any type of claim that the company's insurance would not take care of the problem. to the contray it stated that all claims of job related injury would be covered under worker's comp. I KNOW I read and signed the D**M thing.
Originally posted by ghostpigeon
reply to post by MrCrowley
Baseless worker's comp suits, or the perception that they are widespread are a popular myth, but the fact is that there are very few of them filed among the great volume of legitimate worker's comp claims in any given year. Papers or
TV will jump all over an example of obvious fraud, but they rarely report anything about the thousands, tens of thousands of claims that are filed and accepted every year on solid evidence of company negligence. BP's record on worker safety pretty much sucks and it gets worse in their international record outside the borders of this country. Just a small example:
www.upi.com...
Originally posted by star child
reply to post by D.Wolf
SWCCFAN was economical with the truth in order to protect his friends. l see nothing wrong with that. lt doesnt alter any of the facts he wrote in his post. Who died and made you God?
Originally posted by ghostpigeon
reply to post by OnceReturned
oncereturned, You logic beaks down on point number one. An employee does not have fee choice when the ramifications of not-signing such a document might mean the loss of your job. In a recession economy with the well-being of your family (or yourself) at stake, in terms of merely being able to continue to eat, your freedom of choice is stripped unless you are become willing to take the chance on your loved ones going hungry. You make an argument that perfectly backs up Karl Marx's analysis that freedom under capitalism is a "dual freedom" - freedom to eat or freedom to starve. Don't know if you really want to do that and I'm sure you probably wouldn't, but this is not a free choice - it's extortion.
Originally posted by SWCCFAN
We must expose them and reveal the truth behind this disaster.
[edit on 9-7-2010 by SWCCFAN]
This nothing personal against BP or its share holders. What is going on in my own back yard is a Crime against humanity. While the citizens of LA, AL and FL have submitted to BP MS has not. We the Citizens of the Mississippi Republic will make every attempt to expose BP and the Government.
Horror Of US Depleted Uranium In Iraq Threatens World
American Use Of DU is "A crime against humanity which may, in
the eyes of historians, rank with the worst atrocities of all time."
The use of DU in munitions is controversial because of questions about potential long-term health effects. Normal functioning of the kidney, brain, liver, heart, and numerous other systems can be affected by uranium exposure, because in addition to being weakly radioactive, uranium is a toxic metal. It is weakly radioactive and remains so because of its long physical half-life (4.468 billion years for uranium-238), but has a considerably shorter biological half-life. The aerosol produced during impact and combustion of depleted uranium munitions can potentially contaminate wide areas around the impact sites or can be inhaled by civilians and military personnel. During a three week period of conflict in 2003 in Iraq, 1,000 to 2,000 tonnes of DU munitions were used, mostly in cities.
Depleted uranium inventory
Country Organization Estimated DU stocks (tonnes) Reported
US DOE 480,000 2002
Iraq Family Health Survey - 151,000 violent deaths. June 2006
Lancet survey - 601,027 violent deaths out of 654,965 excess deaths. June 2006
Opinion Research Business survey - 1,033,000 violent deaths as a result of the conflict. August 2007
Associated Press - 110,600 violent deaths. April 2009
Iraq Body Count - 95,888 – 104,595 violent civilian deaths as a result of the conflict. April 2010
Potential health effects of exposure to depleted uranium
•In the kidneys, the proximal tubules (the main filtering component of the kidney) are considered to be the main site of potential damage from chemical toxicity of uranium. There is limited information from human studies indicating that the severity of effects on kidney function and the time taken for renal function to return to normal both increase with the level of uranium exposure.
•In a number of studies on uranium miners, an increased risk of lung cancer was demonstrated, but this has been attributed to exposure from radon decay products. Lung tissue damage is possible leading to a risk of lung cancer that increases with increasing radiation dose. However, because DU is only weakly radioactive, very large amounts of dust (on the order of grams) would have to be inhaled for the additional risk of lung cancer to be detectable in an exposed group. Risks for other radiation-induced cancers, including leukaemia, are considered to be very much lower than for lung cancer.
•Erythema (superficial inflammation of the skin) or other effects on the skin are unlikely to occur even if DU is held against the skin for long periods (weeks).
•No consistent or confirmed adverse chemical effects of uranium have been reported for the skeleton or liver.
•No reproductive or developmental effects have been reported in humans.
•Although uranium released from embedded fragments may accumulate in the central nervous system (CNS) tissue, and some animal and human studies are suggestive of effects on CNS function, it is difficult to draw firm conclusions from the few studies reported.