My First Blog Post   What I am about to tell you is and has to do with one of the largest corporations in the world and thier lies.I am a licensed Master Coast Guard Captain.This all started in the Spring of 1989 in Prince William Sound ,Alaska when the super tanker the Exxon Valdez ran aground on Bligh reef.At the time I was working in Alaska at various ports , then the Exxon Valdez ran aground spilling crude oil in one of the biggest oil spills in North American history.What happened the next several years in the oil spill clean up is one if not the biggest cover ups and lies of our time.Just after the crude oil had spread through out Prince William Sound and the Kenai Peninsula Exxon decided the magnatude of the oilspill was just too big to use hot water spraying to disapate the crude oil off the beaches so Exxon incorporated the use of Chemicals to try and further clean the most beautiful place in North America ,Prince William Sound . I was hired to transport the chemical "INIPOL" on a vessel so the beach workers could spray the crude oil in what Exxon believed would clean the beaches alot faster and alot better.Exxon bought the chemical "INIPOL" from a French company that had used the INIPOL on a spill years before in Europe.The MSDS ( material safety data sheet) from the French company ( which I obtained from undisclosed sources )said that the chemical "INIPOL" was a very hazardous to anyone or anything that came in contact with it without protection , the sheet went on to say that labortory mice exposed to the chemical also came down with cancerous tumors.Now when Exxon bought the rights to "INIPOL" they wrote their own MSDS sheet that said that the chemical was not hazardous if you were exposed to it, that is a lie and we the people that were in contact with "INIPOL" have since the beginning of the oil spill and the use of the chemicals have endured major medical problems , such as cancerous tumors ,major blood clotting problems just to name a few and we have gone unheard of because nobody such as lawyers have enough gall to go up againest the Exxon empire.I am a living example of what has happened ,I had cancerous tumors removed from my stomach in 1994 and now I have major blood problems and am 100% disabled because of Exxons lies.There are hundreds of us , possibly thousands that were exposed and now have major problems .All I want to do is bring light to this problem that Senators and Congress men and women including the EPA ,OSHA ,and countless others I have told and written to over the years have ignored because no doupt Exxon has them in their pocket.I know first hand that there have been some deaths as well as deformed babies because Exxon covered up and still is ignoring that countless people whom worked to return Alaskan Beaches to their once pristine beauty after they caused one of the largest if not the largest oil spills in North American history and then lied about it.I feel some what responsible because the vessel I operated and Captained for Exxon supplied the deadly Chemical "INIPOL" and now there are alot of sick people and I should have known better but I never got the real truth until it was to late.I thank you for reading this and I am telling you the truth , believe me I do not have anything to lose and if enough people know the truth then maybe in some weird way we can make big corporations like Exxon stand accountable for their lies.Thank You for your time . _____________________________ REPLY by 'Mother Margaret'  I wonder how much money EXXON earned on their 'bad product'    Why Exxon used a bad product  * & How you would feel, if harmed by 2-butoxyethanol * The kind of dispersants used in 1989, 1990 in Prince Wm Sound were very harmful.   RCAC has recently taken a position against using such dispersants Dispersants - RCAC  I hope that the US Coast Guard & EPA will take note. Nor use any 2-butoxyethanol products in ballast water treatment, either.     And more thoughts: a link to an article on the US federal appeals court's decision.  http://au.biz.yahoo.com/061212/30/10g1e.html   This is so sad.... punitive EVOS damages  They should pay the full amount RE:  Punitive damages I hope their next appeal backfires on them http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=14269   Sound Truth and Corporate MYTH$:  The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill   http://www.valdezlink.com/rr_book.htm How to purchase a book? for those who want to buy it?   Award-winning Sound Truth and Corporate Myths: The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (2005) reveals the new science showing that oil is much more toxic toxic than previously thought to humans and wildlife. Sound Truth provides critical new information for people working in oil issues and educators. Available on www.soundtruth.info and amazon.com    Also with excerpts with workers ... & interviews with some of them August, 1989    'Evan Lange' Any others like Evan Lange? "Yes." At least they could have told him what chemical he should avoid and what health issues they did find ____________ So, if the punitive damages will be paid ... is that a for sure now? "No. Exxon is expected to appeal to the Supreme Court to argue that punitive damages should not apply in this case." Goes to people on the list already of oiled communities, right? "Goes to 32,000 claimants in court-approved Plan of Allocation in 1996. They include fishermen and others who work in the oiled region but who live Outside." ____________________ Favorite Quotes and News Articles *

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