Re: Fiberglass Boat builder/1973-2000

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What compels someone to drink paint thinner? You need help

On 9/19/09, Deborah Lindquist wrote:
> I built boats off/on for a lot of years,at least 10
> different companys.I worked at good & bad ones.If you were
> good, they would pay more. It was a competition trip. I
> worked with some of the same people at different
> company's,in Wa.St. I am going to take a trip to Spokane,
> to look up a few of these people this weekend. I,m very
> curious about their health,& a couple of them saw me drink
> the TOLUENE that day. Sure, I had all kinds of exposures
> through those years, but I never filed a claim with L&I
> until a few weeks after the fact,& they rejected it.I
> thought they were there to help,not screw me over, like
> they did. They had no experience about exposures,or I
> wouldn't be in the predicament I'm in.They could have
> helped me out, but seeing that I had not hired an attorney,
> they probably figured I was just stupid.I had major brain
> damage,but I never knew that until I had MRI'S done in
> 2001.But the TOLUENE started destroying me within 2 wks.
> after ingesting it.Conjuntivitis(eyes),central nervous
> system damage,peripheral
> neuropathies,tendonitus,bursitis,carpel tunnel,rotator cuff
> syndrome,liver,bladder,
> heart,hearing,glaucoma,parkinsons,asthma,depression,neurolod
> gical disorders,polyneuropathies,nerve
> disorders,bowel,bladder,kidneys,immune disorders,tingling&
> numbness of hands,fingers,feet,toes,circularatory
> problems,headaches,muscle(motor)problems,loosing
> strength,pnuemonitis,inflamation of lungs,confusion,slurred
> speach,unsteady balance,irregular heartbeat,& more. But
> every time I went to a Dr., I'd get a new claim no. & a new
> occupational injury,& allways denying exposures,which I
> kept telling them it was. Even after a visit from ecology
> dept., in 1988 &1990 & them seeing we had no protection
> gear, no wash stations, no labels on chemicals & using a
> storm drain in the blding which drained into the river for
> our toxic chemical dumpsite, they got a $2,500 fine &
> Ecology didn't go back there until 2003. I know they can
> check at least every 2 years. Somebody should have kept an
> eye on them. How did this happen,& why is that river the
> 6th most endangered in the world,& all those years
> polluting the river, which goes into the Columbia river &
> it,s waterways,which go into Idaho, Oregon,Pacific ocean, &
> British Columbia.If they used that drain when they started
> the company in 1980,they drained all kinds of toxic waste
> for 23 years.Checkout a Columbia river map,
> (www.spokaneoutdoors.com/collakmp.htm) What do you think? I
> think its horrifying & it could have been prevented.Now,
> there's no going back. That isn't all that man got away
> with, either.He needs to step up & take resposibilities for
> his actions, but he will deny any wrong doings,cause a
> person like that couldn't have a consious!!! Just call me
> Toxic mama...