Contents

Introduction

Part 1: Sick Workers

Exposed: A Cover Up of Mass Chemical Poisoning
1. Exxon's Cleanup from a Worker Health Perspective
2. Exxon's Failed Worker Safety Program
3. Dangerous Chemicals at Dangerous Levels

Exposure and Health Problems
4. Ron Smith and Randy Lowe
5. Phyllis 'Dolly' La Joie
6. A Collection of Stories
7. Sara Clarke and Captain Richard Nagel

Buried: Workers' Health Claims
8. Vanishing Claims
9. Toxic Torts and Justice Denied

An Occupational Health Disaster
10. Investigating a Disaster

Part 2: Sound Truth

Pre-Spill Studies
11. 1970s Science

Early Oil Spill Studies (1989 to 1992)
12. Tracking the Oil
13. Rocky Shores and Serendipity
14. Sea Otters, Orcas, and Harbor Seals
15. Murres and Harlequin Ducks
16. Pink Salmon and Pacific Herring

Ecosystem Studies (1993 to 2003)
17. Sound Ecosystem Assessment (SEA) Program
18. Nearshore Vertebrate (NVP) Program
19. Studies on Apex Predators
20. Fish and Oil Effects
21. Habitat is Where It's At! - 2004 Status of the Sound
22. Emerging Science

Part 3: The Legacy and Beyond
23. The Legacy: Lessons from the Sound
24. Beyond the EVOS: Recommendations

Reflections from the Sound

Abbreviated References