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Sat Dec-19-09 11:17 AM
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"BP oil refinery workers in Texas win damages of $100m" |
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source: bbc A US jury has awarded $100m (£62m) in damages to 10 workers who said a leak at a BP oil refinery in Texas in 2007 had made them sick. The source of the leak at the refinery south of Houston was never identified and environmental agencies reported no evidence linking it to the refinery. BP concluded that any toxic substance had come from outside. But lawyers for the workers argued the odour had come from a sulphur recovery unit at the plant.Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8421998.stm good news.
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Mon Dec-21-09 08:33 AM
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1. I worked in that refinery a few times in the late 80's and 90's |
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It has a well deserved reputation as and dirt dangerous place to be. I hav eknown several hands who would not take a job there for any money.
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