This is part of the huge disaster in the Gulf, the human costs of the clean up and the lack of protective gear. And they are dealing with horrible working conditions due to heat and humidity.
Many are coming down with mysterious illnesses as well which as been idtenfied as TILT.
For a few days now, we've been hearing and reading about Gulf cleanup workers and people living close to the Gulf coming down with strange 'flu-like' symptoms. The true diagnosis was difficult, because flu symptoms are common in the illness that's actually overcoming these workers - now patients. It's called TILT, short for Toxicant-Induced Loss of Tolerance.
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