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Company says there will be no demonstrated need for them. no single issue high enough to warrant a respirator. >> on anything that i caught -- >> reporter: ricky ott, an environmental activist studies the effects of this "exxon valdez" spill. with this, once again, fishermen are lining up for cleanup jobs that she says will put them in harm's way. >> i'm feeling like bp is forcing them into this situation where bp holds all the cards. and bp is letting these workers get sick. >> reporter: back in alaska, roy's coughing has never stopped. he now has skin rashes. his health literally crumbling. ...

Demonstrated need for them. no single issue high enough to warrant a respirator. >> anything that -- >> dr. ricky ott, an environmental activist studied the effects of the exxon valdez spill 21 years ago. with this bp spill, she says, once again, out of work fishermen are lining up for clean-up jobs, that she says will put them in harm's way. >> i'm feeling like bp is forcing them into this situation where bp holds all the cards. and bp is letting these workers get sick. >> back in alaska, roy dalthorp's coughing has never stopped. he has skin rashes, his health, literally crumbling. >> i'm go...

the cars and they're letting the workers get sick. and he is the grand prize in the nba's free agency exam bell, and the lebron-athon playing out. >> your comments right here right now in the cnn newsroom. i'm melting. i'm melting. >> this is very hot. we're not used to this. >> it's pretty disgusting out here. it's hard to go to work in the morning. >> spending more time at work than i otherwise would because the air conditioning is awesome there. >> the whether is so hot, it's killing people. at least two. where is rob? there he is. at least two confirmed death at this point fr...

Even as bp works to destroy or cover up the evidence of dead animals and decimated wetlands in the gulf, it appears it is also working to suppress news of an unfolding human health crisis in the gulf. bp blaming the headaches, sore throats, dizziness, nausea of first responders on fatigue, even on food poisoning as we heard, even as second in command doug suttles admitting the company's cleanup technology is not of this century. the associated press reporting yesterday workers were not given protective gear for the cleanup effort and if they were it was not the right kind. marine toxicologist ...

Folks who go out and they're doing the cleanup work, they come back, they feel better, and they go back again because it's a choice between feeding their family and not having any money to feed their family. and they're willing to sacrifice their health to feed their family, and i think that's tragic. >> you're group has been distributing what protective gear you have to these workers. do we know what bp's reaction has been to workers showing up with their own protective gear? >> yes, i'm glad that you brought that up. lean and the mississippi riverkeeper is distributing protective gear when o...