Re: CFIDS Association President Kim McCleary Rips CDC Management of Chronic Fatigue

[Guest guest]

What if their intent was to obscure some cause's effect for as LONG as

possible?

On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 7:35 PM, tigerpaw2c <tigerpaw2c@...> wrote:

> CFIDS Association President Kim McCleary Rips CDC Management of

> Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research Budget

> November 7, 2008

>

> ProHealth - Santa Barbara,CA,USA

>

> http://www.prohealth.com/library/showarticle.cfm?libid=14064

>

> " You're all familiar with the infamous `Bridge to Nowhere.' Let me

> introduce you to what I call the `Research to Nowhere. " – Kim

> McCleary

>

>

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Here is my encounter with a recent GOV. FUNDED DEAD END: What I'd

like to know is WHERE IS THE MONEY GOING?

-- RE: XXXXXX site

Ms. XXXX,

Your email to the California biomonitoring program was forwarded to

me. I am the chief of the worker health investigation program in the

California Department of Public Health. Our program has not been

involved in the investigations of exposures or health problems at the

XXXX site. However, I have learned that the National Institute for

Occupational Health and Safety has been asked to evaluate the

situation. Are there specific concerns/questions that you have? I can

forward this information to them and also see in what way I can help.

on, MD, Chief

Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program

(My Reply)

Dear Mr. on,

Thank You for your response. My concerns are mmy co-workers who have

health issues, some have been told they have STRESS related

illnesses. I was told the very same thing and I was forced to accept

a STRESS diagnosis. Then they said I had an ADJUSTMENT DISORDER.(YA

RIGHT) Over and over again I was being told I was depressed, and it

was insisted that i take meds for depression. Over and over again, I

was saying " NO, I am NOT depressed and something is wrong !! Severe

dizzyspells, svere sleepiness, sevre pain, we were experiencing.

My co worker was dropped to his knees in pain and taken away by

ambulance.

There have been Patients that have had fainting spells back to back!

felt fine when they came into the clinic and passed out with

vomiting! Another Patient came in and DIED. I worked at the new

building just 17 months and then lost my muscle strenght and

coordiantion. The pharmacy is located next to my department and while

I was there waitng on my prescription there were

4 mistakes made in just a short time i was there with 2 patients

YELLING at the workers saying making mistakes like that can kill

people! whatever this sickness is, it is very very bad!

My Employer and Healthcare provider is XXXX . They built our

Out Patient 4 floor building on this property and while we were

transferred they continued to build the HUGE hospital. I went out

every morning to break down boxes and put them in the dumpster. I

stood in a gray cloud of dirt that had billions of tiny silver

sparkling particles. Can you tell me what it was I was breathing?

They never told any of us abut of this land, and while I was the one

with the greatest exposure in my Dept. and who became very ill, I

learned there were many others whom had become extremely ill,

since 2003 while they too were working on this property while

remediation was taking place. Some of those workers are now DEAD,

from Cancers to Suicides. Some of them said the ground or dirt was

glowing. It is a strange illness inthat while your working you are

very irritable, you don't realize that the air is affecting your

thinking and behaviour and health! Myself and others have coma-like

sleep. horrible memory loss. severe weakness. wight loss and some

wheght gain. 1 coworker has excessive gas and really bad garlic

breath. rashes and skin peeling and falling off. skin color changes.

Bad shooting pains bone pains. I fell down 3 times because my legs

kept getting weak. my co workers keep dropping things. I went to the

Emergency room one day with my blood pressure 198/106. i normally

have 118/70. Chest pain and breathing spasms. very very tired all the

time . We need medical help. we are being denied medical care for our

illnesses. Since i became sick and no longer able to work, I have

just gotten worse day by day.

My co worker called me on Sept 26 or 27 at night to tell me about the

contaminated water the city repoetrd My co worker weeks before the

Boil water order came out said he and others became very ill and

thought it was the water. Then a week later XXXX said all the testing

was a mistake and the water is good. BS!!! the residents say that the

water stinks like rotten eggs. We had MAGGOTS coming up through our

work sink drain!! My co worker said his wifes friend who also works

on the property was told she had Fibromyalgia, but then they changed

it to MS the next week. I and others are having tremors like

PARKINSONS now. My skin stings constantly like i was dipped in an

acid bath. my hands and feet are buzzing all the time.and i feel like

i've been dropped froma 10 florr bilding. I so tired i can only stay

awake a few hours at a time. Others i've talked to sound like me, we

all have a terible time trying to talk. My hands sting badly when i

type on my keyboard and sting bad when I hold the mouse. Can someone

PLEASE HELP US ALL? Do a study on how many employees keep getting

sick. I had the Flu really bad symptoms fever chills and every cell

in my body hurt. How many times can you have the Flu- over and over

and over again? a report was made to CAL-OSHA and they only told XXXX

some were having only headaches and dizzyness. XXXX did an air study

and said everthing was ok. BS!!! But they would change the HAVC

filters more often. They passed out a paper with questions asking

about symptoms. I asked osme coworkers I was working with that said

they were short of breath , if they had put that down on the question

sheet, they asked what question sheet? I turned my question sheet in

along with another coworkers sheet and never heard anything back. I'm

too tired to write more.

Ms XXXXX,

I will be sure to let the scientists from NIOSH know about your

concerns. Our program here at the California Department of Public

Health no longer has the staff to investigate complicated workplace

health problems - and this situation you describe is certainly

complicated and could involve checking the possible exposures and

correlating them with any health effects. This entails surveys or

examinations or statistical studies, and usually we need to do a lot

of preliminary information gathering before we can even decide on

what to do. If you have an individual problem or health concern, I

recommend Dr Israel at UC Irvine, an occupational and

environmental medicine physician.

on, MD

Our program here at the California Department of Public Health ???

I'd like to know what " Our Program " is? and just exactly who DO

you provide Biomonitoring for? Where IS the STAFF?

If you are not able to perform Occupational Health Surveillance and

Evaluation for THE PEOPLE who are in the MOST NEED of this program,

then why are OUR tax dollars STILL supporting YOU ???? Mr.

on, MD, Chief of Occupational Health Surveillance and

Evaluation Program.

I wrote to NIOSH, they said they would get back to me within 30 days.

That was over 60 days ago!

You recommend Dr Israel at UC Irvine occupational and

environmental medicine, and will SHE be able to evaluate, diagnose

and treat the many sick individuals?? And who gets the bill for

services, prescriptions etc.??? Many of us are no longer able to

work, we're too sick!!!

Ms XXXXX,

The California Dept of Public Health has a program where we

investigate work-related health problems among California workers.

We do not have the staff or resources to follow-up at the XXXX site,

so have referred you to NIOSH and may assist them as needed. Dr

Israel and the UC Irvine staff should probably be able to

answer your question about the billing arrangements there.

on, MD

So... here it is going on 2 weeks! NIOSH Hello...where are YOU????

What A * & $% JOKE

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> > CFIDS Association President Kim McCleary Rips CDC Management of

> > Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research Budget

> > November 7, 2008

> >

> > ProHealth - Santa Barbara,CA,USA

> >

> > http://www.prohealth.com/library/showarticle.cfm?libid=14064

> >

> > " You're all familiar with the infamous `Bridge to Nowhere.' Let me

> > introduce you to what I call the `Research to Nowhere. " †" Kim

> > McCleary

> >

> >

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