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Being held, records exxon asked a court to seal for privacy reasons. of 11,000 cleanup workers, 6,722 had gotten sick. it was explained away as a simple virus, the so-called exxon crude, a flu or cold that exxon was not required to report to federal health officials. niosh, national institute of occupation safety and health was in agreement at the time. >> total bs. the only epidemiology was there was a few head colds they could identify and niosh didn't have any of the records. >> exxon never admitted fault in stubblefield's case but reportedly settled the lawsuit for $2 million. one of the v...

Confirmed that to us in an e-mail, saying that the lack of studies, they say, is due largely to the fact that the cleanup workers, this is a quote, tended to be transient, temporary workers, making any medical follow-up incredibly difficult. sound familiar? congress is trying to make sure that that doesn't happen again, sanjay. i just want to point out the committee on energy and commerce has sent a letter to the chairman of exxonmobil, trying to not repeat these mistakes, asking for any and all health records that exxonmobil might have still pertaining to that 1989 spill and ask the question,...

Physical harms here, but there are also mental health consequences to this event because people's lives are being affected in a way that could change the whole course of family's histories. >> it really is remarkable. being down here, congressman, for the reasons you just mentioned. that's exactly what we'll be talking about today, the physical and mental toll it's taking. congressman ed markey, thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> there you have it. the live chat is up and running. ac360.com. just ahead, my conversation with the head of bp, medical response team in the g...

And that's what's happening -- going to happen to those people down in the gulf. >> were they concerned about your health? >> they never asked us. they never said anything. nobody ever checked with us. nobody. they never did a follow-up on us, never asked if we had any consequences of it. they could have cared less. i'm serious. there was no follow-up. >> and today bp is facing similar accusations as well. louisiana's health department has reported 128 cleanup workers who have been sickened. clinics are telling us something else as well. cleanup workers are being told to report to bp's own hea...

Of those images. do we have a current count on the number oanimals killed by >> it comes from the fish and wildlife service. birds, 1,387 versus 94aliv0 with visible oil. 444 dead and then oil. it's frankly not a pretty picture at all right now in the gulf. >> i just remember seeing those images from the very start. and they're still so heartbreaking to look at, joe. thanks so much. it's not just wildlife getting sick, as you can imagine. tomorrow on "360" a disturbing question. might bp be trying to hide the risks to cleanup workers? 20iers ago exxon sealed the health records of workers sic...