More horrendous suppressed stuff.
Who needs GMOs as well???
http://www.sightings.com/politics5/nav.htm
Navy Doctor
Blows Whistle...
And Naval
Career
12-7-99
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP)
- A doctor who went public with his belief the Navy may have
misdiagnosed hundreds of sailors exposed to potentially lethal
mineral dust says he was fired late Monday for insubordination. Dr.
Philip Jajosky, an outspoken medical investigator and 23-year
veteran of the U.S. Public Health Service, was ordered to pack up
his belongings, then escorted out of his office at the National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health here. The
termination was characterized as an ``involuntary retirement,''
Jajosky said. His firing comes more than two months after
closed hearings in Rockville, Md., where a panel discussed
allegations Jajosky had defied the chain of command and performed
poorly at work. Jajosky raised a red flag in 1992 after
researching the case of an ex-sailor from Albany, Ga., and a
decision by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to change his
diagnosis. The patient, Jerry Cochran, helped scrape adhesive
off the decks of aircraft carriers during the 1970s, stirring up
and inhaling dust. The old diagnosis was sarcoidosis, a rare
lung disorder with no known cause. The new diagnosis identified
silicosis, a chronic respiratory disease caused by inhaling
silica, a hard, glassy mineral. The change and Jajosky's report to the Navy
led to a recommendation by the VA that its 172 medical centers
perform detailed medical histories on affected sailors. There are
no known estimates of how many could be at risk. Jajosky's
opinions on the sarcoidosis cases, if validated, could have
enormous financial ramifications for the Navy. Compensation and
disability payments to those who have suffered or died of lung
disease could become possibilities.
Jajosky contends his
research cost him his job. ``I didn't just pop on the scene and say,
'I'm going to raise hell.' Everything was fine in my career until
I got involved in this investigation,'' Jajosky said Monday
night. Jajosky's supervisor, Bill Eschenbacher, did not
immediately return a telephone message left at NIOSH offices
Monday night.
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