KING5 News Seattle, Apr. 8, 2014:
An
unprecedented string of unknown chemical vapor exposures has sent
more than 2 dozen workers to the hospital of doctor since
mid-March. […] We found the situation is far more serious than the
Feds and the contractors are letting on. All of the employees were
not and still are not back to work. And many have symptoms far
worse than irritation. […] Right before coming to the interview, a
doctor cauterized Becky’s nose to stop a week’s worth of
nosebleeds. And Steve spent all of the day before throwing up. […]
Her symptoms [have been] nosebleeds, intense headaches, sweats and
shaking […] Steve deals with burning lungs and non-stop coughing —
using inhalers and narcotics to cope. […] He’s still struggling to
breathe [...] Becky still has a really bad headache, but her
biggest concern, this is a scary one, she’s not thinking clearly.
She says she’s forgetting a lot of things and that’s really
frightening to her. [...] They aren’t the only ones. I’ve talked
to others who say their lungs are burning, they don’t feel right,
but they’ve been cleared to work, so they’re out on the job.
Becky Holland, health physics technician and
28-year veteran of the Hanford Site: “I felt kind of
dizzy like I couldn’t walk. […] It was hard for me to get my nose
to stop bleeding”
Steve Ellingson, health physics technician
at Hanford: “Now I’m getting worried because this is
two weeks and it’s not better. Yesterday was the worst day I’ve
had. I’m getting worried that this may be the way that I am the
rest of my life.”
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