Bio-Technology Awareness

STATEMENT OF ISSUES: DAVID BELL WC CASE

Overview Abstract for Mr. Ralph Nader August 7, 2008
Douglas R. Haney
Environmental-Health Projects: Research & Consulting
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As it stands, there are four basic, but major, activities involved in this case:

Illegal international activities that have far-reaching “Homeland Security” implications, and very sloppy laboratory health and safety standards that were out of compliance with EPA and OSHA guidelines of operation at the time of Mr. Bell’s injury and/or illness. Congressman Dan Lungren, Henry Waxman, and Lynn Woolsey have all failed to respond seriously to this situation. Congressman Lungren serves as the Sub-Committee on Homeland Security, Chairman.

Basic Federal civil rights of injured and ill workers are totally being fraudulently misrepresented, violated, and purposely ignored in regard to Worker’s Compensation in California, as the state’s Constitution guaranteeing citizen rights has been “bastardized” since the 1913 Boynton Act was enacted. This “Act” established a “NO Fault” system of “Arbitration” between employer and employee to avoid costly litigation. Today this system has literally nothing to do with arbitration, and has literally wiped out the civil rights of the State’s constitution. Today, there is absolutely no “no fault” aspects to this process wrought with fraud and deceit.

California State Worker’s Compensation Fraud Investigation Units in Sacramento and Yolo counties are apparently willing to spend their budget on investigating perpetrators of Worker’s Compensation fraud. However, in this case detectives have directly stated that though Mr. Bell’s case literally “wreaks” with illegal activities and irregularities by the Worker’s Compensation system, they do not have the time or funds to go after their own. A later finding indicates clearly that these budgets originate from, and are regulated by, an Insurance Industry that hires prior insurance provider defense attorneys to serve as WC Commissioners, serve the WC Commission and Appeals Board, and other conflicts. This is in total violation of job description and expressed civil mission/position, which is to uphold the integrity of the Justice System.

AgraQuest, Inc., has purposely involved itself in nearly every aspect of illegalities in covering up its failed business practices: subjecting its employees to unsafe laboratory microorganisms and toxins without proper employee training or protective equipment; flagrant mishandling of dangerous and unanalyzed microorganisms illegally transported into the United States aboard commercial airlines and across federal and state lines bypassing APHIS federal regulatory inspection stations; conspiring to stage false accusations and claims in court and throughout the company complex against Mr. Bell. Harassing Mr. Bell, and creating a series of conflicts-of-interest situation in civil and worker’s compensations actions to allegedly fraudulently conceal its product health and safety data from its stockholders and federal/state environmental regulatory agencies. None compliance of Agraquest and it's representatives for failure to comply with Federal and California Hazard Communication (HazCom) laws and the Right To Know (RTK) by ignoring request’s by Mr. Bell and his representatives requests for all biological and hazardous materials in workplace. FEDERAL-OSHA “Hazard Communication Regulation” (29 CFR, Section 1910.1200), CALIFORNIA [HCS] “Hazard Communication Regulation” (T8 CCR, Section 5194), “Pesticides and Worker SSection 6700

All of this activity is comprehensively researched and accurately reported in the information being submitted by Ms. Sandi Trend, Mr. Bell’s mother and primary subject researcher.