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A hash of it. these are the two rigs they sent up there to start drilling. the one on of the left is called the "discoverer", the one on the right called the kulic. last summer, the discoverer ran aground. four months after that, it had a fire break out in its engine room. then the u.s. coast found more than a dozen violations involving the rig's safety and pollution equipment. for example, the main engine pistons cooling water was contaminated with sludge and oil. the crew was skimming off the oil in a ladle in a bucket. that's nice. safety violations led the coast guard to essentially detain...

After getting the permits to start drilling, shell just made a hash of it. these are the two rigs they sent up there to start drilling. the one on of the left is called the "discoverer", the one on the right called the "kulic." last summer, the discoverer ran aground. four months after that, it had a fire break out in its engine room. then the u.s. coast guard found more than a dozen violations involving the rig's safety and pollution equipment. for example, the main engine pistons cooling water was contaminated with sludge and oil. the crew was skimming off the oil with a ladle in a bucket. t...

Pr problems over the past decades. like exxon, when the valdez run aground, exponent went against tobacco companies on the hazards of smoking. dr. glance has been battling tobacco companies for years. he claims exponent is basically a hired gun for big business. >> if i were toyota and you wanted somebody to do this, i would have found somebody who didn't have this baggage. to get an independent assessment of toyota cars or anything else, you need to have people doing the assessing who are actually independent. >> reporter: exponent's initial report given to congress states after testing sever...