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Injured Agraquest Biotech Worker David Bell Tells His Story

by Labor Video Project
The biotech industry employs hundreds of thousands of workers in the United States yet the health and safety of workers and communities could be in jeopardy. Injured Agraquest biotech worker David Bell talks about his experience at the Davis based company which was owned by Pam Marrone. He recounts the lack of health and safety production in the genetic engineering laboratory. Bell reports that fungus and bacteria was brought into the country and although he reported it there was not action by government agencies that do oversight in importation of such substances.
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Injured Agraquest Biotech Worker David Bell Tells His Story

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2567912703426192318

Injured Agraquest Biotech Worker David Bell Tells His Story
Labor On The Job on 12/12/2008 interviews Agraquest biotech workers David Bell. Bell talks about his work at the Davis California based company owned by Pam Marrone and how the lack of proper health and safety protection led to his contamination and sickness. He also discusses how the company sought to cover-up their responsibility for his illness and the corruption and breakdown of the workers compensation system along with the failure of health and safety regulatory agencies such as OSHA.
For further information on his case go to
http://www.biotechawareness.com

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Labor Video Project
P.O.Box 720027
San Francisco,CA 94172
Phone (415)282-1908
lvpsf [at] labornet.org
http://www.laborvideo.org
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