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Client. >> his client sued exxon. stubblefield's medical records and those of thousands of other clean-up workers were being held in houston. records exxon has asked the court to seal for privacy reasons. >> i was shocked, yeah. >> the lawyer says the records reveal of 11,000 clean-up workers, 6,722 had gotten sick. it was explained away as a simple virus. the so-called exxon crud. a flu or cold that exxon was not required to report to federal health officials. at the time, niosh, the national institute of occupational safety and health was in agreement. >> total bs. the only epidemiology was ...