Mayflower residents to Tim Griffin: "We need help" with oil-related illnesses
Mayflower residents to Tim Griffin: "We need help" with oil-related illnesses
Posted by Sam Eifling on Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 5:40 PM
Griffin promised to call the governor after meeting with constituents in the parking lot of Stroud's Country Diner in Mayflower earlier in the day. There, several residents who have complained of persistent health problems since spill urged the Republican congressman to help them get better assessment and treatment.
"We have all been sick," said Linda Lynch, whose home is some 300 yards from the rupture site. "I feel like we're all like dogs chasing our tails around here. And we are sick of it. ... We need help."
Griffin told her he'd call the governor and convey their wishes. "I'll do whatever," Griffin says. "I know cares. And he has some resources with the department of health that my office does not have."
Beebe's spokesman Matt DeCample confirmed later in the afternoon that Griffin called and spoke with the governor's chief of staff, Morril Harriman, about exploring a further response from the health department. DeCample said the governor's office would be discussing the matter with the health department.
Residents' suggestions to Griffin included a mobile clinic where they could see a specialist in chemical exposure-related illnesses, and an independent community health assessment to determine how widely people in Mayflower were affected by the spill, in which 210,000 gallons of heavy crude burst out of ExxonMobil's Pegasus pipeline.
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http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2013/08/26/mayflower-residents-to-tim-griffin-we-need-help-with-oil-related-illnesses
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Excellent article. Massive ongoing health problems of the residents around the spill not just the one's directly impacted by the spill. Exxon has been allowed to control any news, monies, clean up, etc. regarding this spill.