joe_momma
30th June 2010, 10:54 AM
Umm - this may tie into the tinfoil rumors about relocation camps, black unmarked helicopters, and the release of 0bama's Kenyan birth certificate...
(Actually, this is rather disturbing)
http://www.businessinsider.com/warning-to-gulf-cleanup-workers-almost-every-crew-member-from-the-1989-exxon-valdez-disaster-is-now-dead-2010-6
Are you sure that you want to help clean up the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? In a previous article we documented a number of the health dangers from this oil spill that many scientists are warning us of, and now it has been reported on CNN that the vast majority of those who worked to clean up the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska are now dead. Yes, you read that correctly. Almost all of them are dead.
In fact, the expert that CNN had on said that the life expectancy for those who worked to clean up the Exxon Valdez oil spill is only about 51 years. Considering the fact that the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is now many times worse than the Exxon Valdez disaster, are you sure you want to volunteer to be on a cleanup crew down there? After all, the American Dream is not to make big bucks for a few months helping BP clean up their mess and then drop dead 20 or 30 years early.
(edit) - I agree that the article is thin (non-existent) on any hard data or facts - the average life expectancy of 51 is interesting, but meaningless without explaining the cohort.
On the other hand, during the beginning of the asbestos lawsuits it was well established that there were no cases of people who were exposed to asbestos dying from mesothelioma (sp?)) after age 65 - (the reason was that everyone had died from it before reaching 65).
(Actually, this is rather disturbing)
http://www.businessinsider.com/warning-to-gulf-cleanup-workers-almost-every-crew-member-from-the-1989-exxon-valdez-disaster-is-now-dead-2010-6
Are you sure that you want to help clean up the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? In a previous article we documented a number of the health dangers from this oil spill that many scientists are warning us of, and now it has been reported on CNN that the vast majority of those who worked to clean up the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska are now dead. Yes, you read that correctly. Almost all of them are dead.
In fact, the expert that CNN had on said that the life expectancy for those who worked to clean up the Exxon Valdez oil spill is only about 51 years. Considering the fact that the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is now many times worse than the Exxon Valdez disaster, are you sure you want to volunteer to be on a cleanup crew down there? After all, the American Dream is not to make big bucks for a few months helping BP clean up their mess and then drop dead 20 or 30 years early.
(edit) - I agree that the article is thin (non-existent) on any hard data or facts - the average life expectancy of 51 is interesting, but meaningless without explaining the cohort.
On the other hand, during the beginning of the asbestos lawsuits it was well established that there were no cases of people who were exposed to asbestos dying from mesothelioma (sp?)) after age 65 - (the reason was that everyone had died from it before reaching 65).