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Wife of sick fisherman speaks out

Posted on Jun 04, 2010

Kindra Arnesen is afraid her husband will lose his job now that she is speaking out on how the Gulf oil spill has made him sick.

CNN aired her story this week. She said that David and the shrimpers on seven other boats in the Gulf came down with severe nausea and breathing problems on the night of April 29, one week after the Deepwater Horizon sank.

Arnesen kept silent for several weeks because her husband and other fishermen signed contracts with BP as part of the cleanup and she feared repercussions. But she couldn’t take it anymore and is encouraging others to speak out as well. Weeks later, her husband still has weakness and trouble breathing.

One of her biggest goals is to convince BP to provide masks to the workers but they claim the air is safe. In fact, CEO Tony Hayward said that food poisoning is a possible cause of the illness.

Watch the interview here.

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