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Re: BACTERIA, FUNGUS, WORKPLACE EXPOSURE ,DISEASE and ILLNES
Posted by S T on 9/15/04

    MY SON WAS WORKING IN A BIOLAB... EXPOSED TO OVER 20,000 MICROBES THAT
    WERE DISCOVERED AND BROUGHT INTO THE LAB VIA SOIL SAMPLES AND FECES
    FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO BE SCREENED FOR "NATURAL PESTICIDES" TO BE
    USED ON ON PLANTS AND CROPS. HE THOUGHT HE HAD SEASONAL ALLERGIES..
    BUT, NEVER GOT WELL. HE WAS TOLD HIS POSITION WAS BEING TERMINATED AND
    JUST RECENTLY, UPON RECEIPT OF HIS EMPLOYMENT FILE, WE FIND HE WAS "FIRED".
    HE WAS GIVEN 1 MONTHS SEVERANCE PAY AND NEVER THE REQUIRED BY LAW
    REASON IN WRITING OR ANYTHING ELSE STATING THAT HE WAS "FIRED". THEY
    KNEW HE GOT SICK AT THE LAB AND JUST WANTED HIM TO GO AWAY. HAD HE
    EVEN HAD THE SMALLEST IDEA HE HAD BEEN FIRED HE COULD INDEED HAVE FILED
    FOR A WRONGFUL TERMINATION SUIT. SO, AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO GET A
    COPY OF HIS EMPLOYMENT FILE... 5 YEARS LATER IT COMES AFTER A SUBPOENA
    FOR WORKERS COMPENSATION. HE IS NOW B-CELL DEFICIENT AND HAS TO HAVE
    IV IMMUNOGLOBULIN INFUSIONS EVERY 4 WEEKS FOR, AS HE WAS TOLD, A
    MINIMUM OF 6 YEARS AND POSSIBLE LIFE. IT WAS IN LATE '03 HE FOUND OUT HE
    HAS HISTOPLASMOSIS FROM HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM... THIS FUNGI COMES
    FROM SOIL AND BIRD DROPPINGS AND IS NOT ENDEMIC TO THIS AREA. THE
    HISTOPLASMOSIS HAS DISSEMINATED. , HE IS FINDING OUT HE HAS POSITIVE IgG
    LEVELS OF MORE THAN ONE FUNGUS THAT WAS IN THIS LAB AND HIGH POSITIVE
    TO 3 OTHERS. ALSO, HE WAS WORKING WITH BACILLUS SUBTILIS... THIS IS SHOWN
    TO CAUSE SEVERE RHINITIS. HE THOUGHT HE JUST HAD SEASONAL ALLERGIES AND
    ENDED UP HAVING SINUS SURGERY AND REPAIR OF A DEVIATED SEPTUM. WE
    THOUGHT THIS WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE INFECTIONS HE WAS HAVING. HE WENT
    BACK TO WORK AFTER THIS SURGERY AND NOT LONG AFTER IS WHEN HE WAS
    TOLD HIS POSITION WAS TERMINATED. THE PURPOSE FOR MY POST IS BECAUSE
    THERE WERE 11 OTHERS WORKING AT THIS LAB WHO WERE SICK AS WELL... WE
    NEED TO KNOW IF THEY ARE STILL SICK. WE HAD TO GO OUTSIDE OF THIS AREA
    TO THE MAYO CLINIC TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE HISTOPLASMOSIS. HE, THIS YEAR
    HAD TO GO TO A FUNGAL EXPERT WHO DEALS WITH MOLDS, THIS IS WHERE HE
    FOUND OUT ABOUT THE IgG LEVELS IN HIS BLOOD.

    SO, EXCUSE ME MARY, BUT WITH ALL DUE RESPECT.... I THINK YOUR REPLY WAS A
    LITTLE SHORT OF JUST PLAIN MEAN. MY SON HAS GONE THROUGH PURE HELL
    FOR THE LAST 5 YEARS... I DON'T THINK THIS IS STUPID AT ALL. MICROBES ARE
    VERY DANGEROUS. AND WHILE I AM AT IT... HAVEN'T YOU WONDERED WHY
    DISEASES THAT HAVE LONG AGO BEEN BLOTTED OUT ( SO TO SPEAK ) ARE COMING
    BACK AGAIN? NOT TO MENTION THERE ARE MORE AND MORE UNEXPLAINED
    ILLNESS? WELL, DON'T YOU EVER WONDER WHY? COULD IT BE FROM THE USE OF
    SO CALLED BIOTECHNOLOGY? PEOPLE ARE WORKING WITH BACTERIA AND FUNGUS
    THAT ARE KNOWN CAUSES OF DISEASES. THEY ARE BEING USED ON OUR CROPS,
    OUR FOOD SOURCES . HMMMM... IF THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM, THEN WHY ALL THE
    CONCERN ABOUT BIO-WEAPONS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES? WHEN MY SON
    STARTED WORKING AT THIS LAB HE WAS EXCITED, BECAUSE HE THOUGHT HE WAS
    GOING TO BE A LITTLE PART OF SOMETHING TO HELP ERADICATE INSECTS FROM
    PLANTS... EVEN WIPE OUT MOSQUITO'S. WHAT HAS IT DONE TO HIM.. HIS
    WANTING TO HELP MANKIND ALL OVER THE WORLD HAS SHORTENED HIS LIFE...
    HIS WIFE HAS HAD TO SUPPORT THE ENTIRE FAMILY AND HIS DEGREE IN SCIENCE
    WITH A MAJOR IN BIOLOGY AND A MINOR IN CHEMISTRY HAS GOT HIM THIS? SO
    EXCUSE ME MARY.... IF I DON'T THINK YOUR RESPONSE TO MY POST WAS
    HUMEROUS.

    On 9/14/04, mary wrote:
    > Hey ST:
    >
    > What is this about? Are you trolling for plaintiffs? I mean,
    > on the face of it, this looks pretty stupid. Explain why I
    > might be wrong. I'm a very, very open minded person.
    >
    > Best Regards,
    >
    > Mary
    >
    >
    >


     
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