RE: Bill Miller - TN Illnesses

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>]

Ms Dyer provides a lot of information. I don't know enough to 
question the validity of her statements, or her memory of the 
occurrences she refers to. 

I would ask though, if so many there were so aware of the many 
unsafe practices occurring, and the number of individuals were 
supposedly exposed to levels way above the limits (values not 
provided), then why did so many continue to work there? I can't 
believe that there weren't other jobs in the area that these 
individuals could not have quit, and gone to work elsewhere. 
Nobody held a gun to their heads and said, you MUST work here. If 
there were individuals not trained to perform their jobs, why are we 
only hearing about this now, and not years ago? Were all of these 
workers simply puppets, acting as mindless inanimate objects? 
Why did it take so long for someone to stand up and speak out?

Again, I am not questioning the veracity of Ms. Dyer. It just strikes 
me that there is this hysteria now. One group questions their 
treatment, and all of a sudden, the flood gates appear to have been 
opened. Is this just coincidence? Is it safety in numbers? I don't 
know, but I think some need to address why they took what they 
did for so long, when they believed that they were in danger during 
their entire employment.


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