Devastating report exposes unequal treatment of BP illness claims
Dick Gregory, left, and Art Rocker, right, along with National Congress of Black Women Chair Dr. E. Faye Williams head the National Leadership Group that interviewed and presented claims for 10,000 underserved and underrepresented victims of the BP Gulf Coast disaster to Kenneth Feinberg, but none have been paid. They are shown with Louisiana State Missionary Baptist Convention President Dr. C.S. Gordon Jr. With strong support from church, community and congressional representatives, they will travel to BP headquarters in London Aug. 1-4 to press the claims and present evidence of vast disparities between the response to claimants in Black versus white areas. Speaking to an audience of over 4,000 in Alabama, Dick Gregory declared, “Black churches and Black women, which are both the foundation of our community, have been destroyed by the BP oil spill.” Kenneth Feinberg, administrator of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) set up in the aftermath of the BP drilling disaster, has broken with his own past practices − disregarding the evidence compiled by scientists and the experience of Gulf Coast residents − and refused to pay health claims filed by Gulf Coast residents.In a devastating report released July 27 , Advocates for Environmental Human Rights ( AEHR ) − a public interest law firm that has taken a leadership role in environmental justice struggles on the Gulf Coast − has documented the hypocrisy and injustice behind Feinberg’s policies. [The authors are Nathalie Walker and Monique Harden. Monique has been assisting Bayview Hunters Point in our struggle for environmental justice as well. – ed.]
Up to this point, Feinberg has denied all damage claims for illnesses associated with exposure to the toxic BP crude oil and/or toxic chemical dispersants that were applied to the oil spill. In doing so, he has said that he requires medical proof of causation showing that the illnesses were caused by toxic exposures during the BP oil cleanup work. In their report, AEHR shows the problem with this position:
“Feinberg’s requirement of medical proof of causation for BP illness claims is a break from his past practices in processing claims and payouts in the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund and the Agent Orange Settlement Fund . As the administrator of those funds, Feinberg did not require medical proof that a claimant’s illness or disability was caused by being exposed to toxic air pollution resulting from the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks or the toxic chemicals in Agent Orange sprayed during the Vietnam War.
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Kenneth Feinberg, administrator of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) set up in the aftermath of the BP drilling disaster, has broken with his own past practices − disregarding the evidence compiled by scientists and the experience of Gulf Coast
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