Injured Workers, Mold, ACOEM And Senator Edward Kennedy

by California Coalition For Workers Memorial Day

Wed, Aug 26, 2009 2:23PM

At a press conference for injured movie and Kaiser workers at the Downey dump site mold expert Sharon Kramer reported on her efforts to expose the conflict of interest between the corporate doctor's trade group ACOEM and government agencies which are supposed to protect injured workers and the public. She discovered that ACOEM is an organization that promotes "junk" science and it's rules are written into the law in California with the deregulation of workers compensaton by Governor Schwartzenegger and the Democratic controlled legislature. She also reports on the role of Senator Edward Kennedy on deleting a government study on this conflict of interest.
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Injured Workers, Mold, ACOEM And Senator Edward Kennedy

http://blip.tv/file/2520407 11.56 minutes
Sharon Kramer, an expert on mold and ACOEM spoke at a press conference called by the California Coalition For Workers Memorial Day for injured workers at the Downey toxic dump site. http://blip.tv/file/2483914
Kramer spoke on the conflict of interest between the trade group ACOEM and the need to defend people who are sickened by mold. She also reported on her efforts to get a Congressional investigation on this conflict of interest by ACOEM and the role of Senator Edward Kennedy on deleting this aspect in this important expose in a Congressional study.
California Coalition For Workers Memorial Day
P.O. Box 720027 San Francisco, CA 94172
http://www.workersmemorialday.org

American College of Occupational and
Environmental Medicine (ACOEM):
A Professional Association in Service to Industry
http://www.moldwarriors.com/SK/IJOEH_Oct07_LaDou.pdf

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