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>> pneumonia four times. i aint never had no kind of problems. prior. >> four bouts of bronchial pneumonia. >> four times. >> reporter: two weeks ago a study analyzed the health effects of cleanup workers from the worlds eight biggest oil spills. in one group of thousands of fishermen cleanup crews were twice as likely to have breathing problems than noncleanup workers, so what is it in oil that can make you sick if you breathe in too much of it? it turns out, there are over 200 chemicals in oil...

Thompson spent months in the region and joins us now. one of the family members went online and said she couldnt believe its been a year. the pains still there but she felt stronger because of the love and support. however, there are great questions about compensation to people as well as lingering effects oil will have in that region. >> right. i can tell you, tamron, the oil is still here. we were out yesterday in one of the most heavily oiled areas and its part of the bay, a big shrinking are...

>> lease generated bp for $15,000 a month. when you can go anywhere and rent $1,500 a month. >> reporter: which when bp and the government set up 40,000 cleanup workers, businessmen like ronnie sold bp everything from ty vex suits to kitty litter. >> its been good for our business ill say that. >> any rooms? totally broke about six months. >> six months? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: and now this house is going for $30,000 a month. before the spill it went for $1,500 a month. rented out by a group c...

Long-term consequences for both health as well as the environment. so, what did chernobyl look like back then? does it give us a picture of what were dealing with now? >> reporter: its called the sarcophagus, a massive concrete structure built to contain the worst nuclear power plant disaster the world has ever known. an explosion in ukraine in 1986 showed us just how high the stakes could be in producing nuclear power. >> it is unconscionable in this -- with this tragedy there that they are not...

Taken off the road were still driveable. but, at the same time they are not leading america forward. >> you look at a couple of cars like this, that you would never think these are going to be cash for clunker cars. >> some of em are better than what i drive sometimes. >> the politicians still say this was a good idea. >> breathing life back into the automobile sector of the american economy. >> if destroying cars is good for the auto business, i wonder how much wealth i could create if i could ...

Childs perception of it. the government point man to the disaster admiral thad allen said bp will go ahead with drilling the relief well. theyre considering other options. he said some tests indicate the bottom kill procedure to seal the damaged well may not be necessary. meantime, a man, a contract worker who supervised oil cleanup workers in mississippi is in jail tonight, charged with raping another employee. a cnn investigation tonight uncovers his criminal history and raises questions abo...

Correspondent abbie boudreau goes looking for answers and here is what she found. >> reporter: one of the thousands of cleanup workers who descended on the gulf coast was this man, rundy charles robertson. he was in charge of numerous workers on this now deserted mississippi beach. the problem was all these people who were coming to town were strangers and the residents here had no idea who they were or where they were coming from. and apparently they had good reason to be concerned. robertson w...

See how they turn out. this morning, there is a new outrage over how bp has handled the gulf oil disaster. a man who supervised oil cleanup workers in mississippi is in jail charged with raping another employee. a cnn investigation uncovers his criminal history and raises questions whether this incident could have been prevented by just doing a simple background check. special investigations unit correspondent abbie boudreau is looking for answers from bp and the company who hired this guy. >>...

. this morning, there is new outrage over how bp has handled the gulf oil disaster. a man who supervised oil cleanup workers is in jail charged with raping another employee. now the cnn investigation uncovers his history and raises questions about whether this incident could have been prevented by doing a simple it background check. abbie boudreau goes looking for answers. >> reporter: one of the thousands of cleanup workers who descended on the gulf coast was this man, rundy charles robinson,...

Workers in mississippi is in jail charged with raping another employee. and now a cnn investigation uncovers his criminal history and raises questions whether this entire incident could have been prevented by doing a simple background check. special investigations unit correspondent abby boudreau goes looking for answers from bp and the company that did the hiring. >> reporter: one of the thousands of cleanup workers who descended on the gulf coast was this man. rundy charles robertson. he was i...