Fox News personnel were exposed to Diazinon....a neurotoxin

[Oilwellian]

TVNewser Exclusive: Production and technical personnel at Fox News Channel were exposed to diazinon, a neurotoxin class insecticide banned by the EPA for indoor use since the year 2000, according to a complaint now under investigation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

When contacted by TVNewser today, Richard Mendelson, the director of OSHA's office in Manhattan, confirmed said that the network has been contacted regarding the complaint.

"I just pulled the file, and we do have an open complaint against Fox News Channel," he said. "The complaint was lodged on June 10."

A Fox News spokesperson said the company has not been contacted by OSHA, but Mendelson said simply: "They've been contacted." He was unable to share the specifics because it is an open case. But an anonymous tipster filled in the details earlier this week.

"A technical employee was removed by ambulance and hospitalized for several days in March 2005 immediately after untrained building personnel had sprayed the technical employee lounge, unbeknownst to FNC workers on break there," the tipster wrote. "Besides illegal use of a neurotoxin, typical legal requirements that warnings be posted concerning the treatment of areas and the products in use were not being practiced by FNC or the untrained, unlicensed employees."

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/fnc/exclusive_following_employees_hospitalization_and_insecticide_complaints_osha_investigates_fox_news_22690.asp

[Coexist]

1. so that's whats wrong with them

makes sense now.

[Oilwellian]

2. That was my first thought as well n/t

[KurtNYC]

4. They should NOT have hired this guy to do it

[ihaveaquestion]

3. This explains a lot!

Maybe someone should look into the pesticides used in other republican gathering places... the RNC, Christian Coalition, FOTF, Rebug convention halls?

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