| The Kaiser Papers Newsletter for March 2008 |  |
Survey Says – My Kaiser doctor is so nice! By Sharon Rushford
From The Desk of Hillarie Levy - Robyn Libitsky's Mother
Commentary to the Sacramento Bee on KPMG-profitmaking companies - by Dina Padilla
Is the CDC a Threat to Public Health? - by Miguel Perez-Lizano
| A
Hollywood Story made in Downey, California by Vickie Travis Once upon a time there was a SuperFund
site in a highly populated area of Southern California at 12214
Lakewood Boulevard. Kaiser built some
medical buildings and a hospital
on it. A movie studio was also set up on the
property.
A whole lot of people have since died or become ill while
working
there. A whole lot of people working for companies
that
want to make money off of the property went out of their way to keep
this quiet and not get these people medical care. In fact
these
companies, including Kaiser Permanente went out of their way
to
deny medical care. They went so far as to attempt to publicly
discredit these very sick people that do have substantial medical
documentation standing behind them. The government named the
SuperFund site Boeing North American, Inc. and gave it an EPA number of
EPA
ID# CA7800019419. One of
it's other names is
NASA Industrial Facility
in Downey, Los Angeles County. They made guided missiles,
space
vehicles and atomic weapons, according to SuperFund information.
That is the only official information that the public is
allowed
to have. I know this first hand because I tried to obtain
further
information and received a letter from the EPA stating that the public
is not allowed further information. The government, in published material, decided that it would cost too much to clean up the property themselves. This property consisted of very
old buildings on 160+
acres of profoundly contaminated soil
that for the most part had been abandoned by the military/NASA and
various government contractors. So they privatized the cleanup and renamed the SuperFund site a Brownfield. Brownfield didn't sound so dangerous I guess. Then they sold the land with stipulations restricting humans living or working there that don't seem to have been followed very well. When the property was cleared for privatization, the government went to those good and honest people over at Boeing for historical information in order do a final safety check. The Boeing people told the government that there was no known information after 1955. Not a single person in authority cared enough to verify the information, even though flying over our heads, as this is written, are nuclear weapons of mass destruction that were placed in space vehicles that were manufactured on that property long after 1955 had passed. I guess that information just slipped the minds of these good and honest people. In one year this Brownfield became a low priority issue and I suppose to most people that sounds like it is really very safe. But it isn't. Miracle clean ups of toxic land just do not happen, but that is what was claimed and because of the dilution of the various EPA regulations originally put in place to protect the citizens of this country, no one checked. It appears that these things are run on the honor system and no one really checks anything. The should. The insurance on the property to cover human health issues is effective for only a few more years. I suppose that the public is on their own after that, although the terms of the sale of the property do say that ultimate responsibility does fall back on the Federal Government. The Federal Government is already paying
out claims
for the ill and dying that worked on that property when it was military
owned, maybe they will change the rules and cover employees of private
corporations that became ill from contaminants on the property
itself. These reported illnesses are long term. They are not going to go away over night. This Downey property is the first of the four Santa Susana Atomics International - Rockwell - Boeing - NASA properties. The other three locations already are well known toxic sites and are acknowledged as having caused undue human suffering, all because of sloppiness and corporate secrecy. Part of the problem with helping
the people
that became ill on the Downey property has been finding out what went on. It really is important to know what they were exposed to. The government information is listed under many different corporate names, over 20, and several different EPA numbers . There is no consistency. There is little sharing of data between these listings. The public is today paying for this inconsistency with their lives. The new owners of the property have organized a convoluted corporate structure. The present owner/developer is also the property's insurance company. The only real thing separating these entities is separate incorporation filings. These new companies forgot to mention the removal of tons of chromium and chromium soil to the Department of Toxic Substances. It amounts to over 100 semi-truck loads of material removed. Maybe we will find other things that they forgot to mention as we dig deeper. I have no idea why the government people could not have figured this out on their own. The hospital and
medical buildings are built south of the main former military
buildings. The Foster
Wheeler
Environmental report that the government had prepared on the property
status made
it clear that the drainage is for the most part north to south.
Right onto the area where the hospital and medical buildings are
built. Government reporting also indicates that there are
serious
human health concerns with the property. Over at the medical buildings, in the first 17 months of it's existence, employees died, employees became very ill, employees became 100% disabled. Over at the Studios, four deaths are documented and scores became ill. The employee group calls it the "Downey Flu." I think it is more appropriate to refer to it as the "Downey Syndrome" because it is not a flu but is related directly to exposure to a number of different contaminants, some highly carcinogenic. It is unknown how many are totally disabled as people are still coming forward. Several have developed a variety of cancers that medical professionals attribute to exposure of materials found on that property. As of last week,
the
EPA/Toxic Substances Department in California made this a priority
issue. I was advised by the Department of Toxic Substances
that
the Department of Health is preparing to interview these
people
if they wish to come forward. It has also been reported to me
from employees that are currently working at the studio that
there are now men walking around with what appear to be air quality
monitors. They are not people from the government according to the enforcement branch of goverment. It is a shame that no one listened, over three years ago, when they were first notified of the illnesses. For anyone that has become ill while working on the former NASA Industrial property in Downey, California that is seeking medical care please send me an e-mail at: Vickie at kaiserpapers.info. We are working to get people proper medical care and legal representation for this group. Vickie Travis may be reached at: Vickie at kaiserpapers.info Is the CDC a Threat to Public Health?  It appears that the integrity of the CDC has been compromised by inappropriate relationships with special interest groups such as HMO’s, medical societies, pharmaceutical companies and others with a financial stake in health care. The influence of these groups may have led to the issuance of selective and biased information detrimental to the public. Although this article deals mainly with Lyme disease, there is enough to suspect that the CDC has been hijacked by outside interests in other areas as well. In addition, certain CDC employees have financial interests assigned to them as a result of the Bayh-Doyle Act (1980) which made this possible. The intent was to stimulate the development and application of government sourced inventions. An unintended consequence could be that this has stifled further innovation due to a protectionist stance on existing patent rights by government agencies and employees. When government researchers hold patents on commercial inventions, there is the potential for them to deny federal research funding to outside researchers with competitive inventions. An example of this was published by the Lyme Disease Foundation (LDF). It seems that some years ago, some credible medical researchers from a major university approached the CDC to help them continue to develop a new test for Lyme disease that promised to be far more accurate and less expensive than current tests. By various methods, including placing severe constraints to develop their method, failure by the CDC to provide blood samples required to meet accreditation standards, and eventually, a complete snub by the CDC, the inventors were unable to proceed with the development of their test. The details can be found in the following article by the LDF… http://www.lyme.org/lymelight/gao_investigation.html It is notable that this test used a different technological approach than the ELISA “screening” test endorsed by the CDC, a poor test with about 50% accuracy at best for Lyme disease. And it is also notable that Barbara J. B. Johnson, a CDC microbiologist, has a patent interest in a Lyme ELISA test and was on the evaluation committee for the invention dismissed by the CDC. Is it likely that Barbara J. B. Johnson, one of the CDC’s Lyme experts, would approve funding for a test that could threaten her future income stream? Former CDC employees have become disease dignitaries with medical societies such as the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA). In the case of Lyme disease, CDC Internet information over the past few years has diminished and degraded to the point where it is of limited value. In fact, the latest CDC Lyme disease information essentially just provides a link to the Lyme disease guidelines formulated by IDSA and now the subject of an antitrust investigation by the Attorney General of Connecticut. Several of the authors of these guidelines were former CDC employees. Coincidence? In the case of Kaiser, a retired CDC director is on the Board of Directors of Kaiser Family Foundation. The CDC employs Kaiser for clinical trials and investigations such as the Kaiser/CDC Morgellons collaboration discussed in last months’ newsletter. Another coincidence? To digress slightly, it seems that the CDC designed the requirements for the Morgellons’ study so that only Kaiser could meet them. Here it is straight from the source… http://morgellonswatch.com/2007/07/23/cdc-federal- business-opportunity-to-study-morgellons/ _________________________________________________ According to the Director of our (Kaiser) Division of Research: “We are in discussion with CDC about such a study. The contract hasn’t been signed yet, but it’s being planned as a sole source contract...” That is all we can say at this time, but certainly a hopeful development. Beverly
Hayon Communications
and Public Relations _________________________________________________ http://www.pogo.org/p/homeland/hl-050701-cdc.html Questions the investigative competence of the CDC, particularly with regard to bioterrorism. http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/021208HA.shtml Questions CDC suppression of data regarding links between housing trailers provided to Katrina victims and cancer. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi- lakesstudyfeb29,1,446303.story Congressional
inquiry regarding the CDC’s refusal to release study results
regarding hazardous waste sites in the The Connecticut Attorney General is investigating IDSA for possible antitrust violations and bias in the development of the Lyme disease guidelines followed by a number of medical societies and organizations, including Kaiser, and promoted by the CDC. To the best of my knowledge, it is beyond the scope of state attorney’s general to investigate the CDC. Perhaps it is time for Congress to investigate the CDC for their conflicts of interest and possible role as a conduit to spread flawed and biased information to the public. There are undoubtedly other conditions apart from Lyme disease for which the CDC has proven to be a hindrance rather than a help. Those of you who are so inclined may want to bring this issue to the attention of your political representatives as a possible topic for Congressional investigation. Hopefully, there are members of Congress who are savvy enough medically and who understand that medicine, like other for-profit endeavors, is subject to corruption. Miguel Perez-Lizano |  Survey Says – My Kaiser doctor is so nice!By Sharon Rushford
About a week later you receive a
survey in the mail from
Kaiser asking you to answer a few questions about your recent visit, so
you do.
You had such a nice experience seeing your doctor so you fill out the
survey and
are very complimentary.
About six months later you start to feel ill and after a year of feeling ill and not knowing why, you find out you are having liver problems, damage from your cholesterol medication that was never checked or monitored by your primary care physician. You wonder why your doctor didn’t tell you that your cholesterol medication could damage your liver or why he never tested your liver earlier, but he is being so nice and is doing everything he can for you now. Your liver function goes south
from there and you suffer
liver failure and die from an infection you receive during one of your
many
hospital stays.
One year later Kaiser publishes the results of the survey you took - everybody is happy and loves the quality of care they are receiving at Kaiser. Unfortunately, you’re dead and your family doesn’t even know what really happened to you. In their mind you died from an unfortunate infection. What’s more unfortunate is that they stay with Kaiser because everyone there treated you so nice during your whole ordeal. Sharon Rushford may be reach at: srushford at rushfordconstruction.com From The Desk of Hillarie Levy - Robyn Libitsky's Mother  As reported
in prior newsletters, At my October 2007 meeting with
Senator Tom McClintock, we discussed the possibility of 2008
legislation regarding clarification of the Board of Behavioral
Sciences, Licensed Clinical Social Worker 4992.3. unprofessional
conduct. Placing a set timeframe (5 years) as to when medical
professionals may be allowed to control their patient's
estates.
Currently none exists. I
have just learned from the Senator's office, this legislation will not
be included for 2008 legislation. Their reason "it
will negatively impact other medical professional boards."
What?!
Briefly,
(according to documentation discovered in her
condo),prior to my daughter, Robyn Libitsky's, death from cancer at age
29, she was employed at LA County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky's
Calabasas Office. Her boss, Senior Field Deputy Susan Nissman
and her
friends, Therapist Suji Gelerman (specializes in cancer
patients) and
Probate Attorney Harvey Glaser, spent seven months manipulating Robyn
into signing control of her $928K estate (Kaiser arbitration award), to
them! Therapist
Gelerman scheduled therapeutic visits with Robyn
sometimes twice daily and Ms. Nissman was taking Robyn's
morphine used
to control cancer pain in her spine! When Robyn finally
signed control
of her estate to them, while a patient in the hospital on Morphine and
dilaudid, their other friend, Financial Manager, David Brodsky, acted
as a witness as well as brought his employee to act as
a notary. For
his services he received Robyn's account! A bonanza for all
of them! Since
the therapeutic relationship with Robyn had ended two weeks
prior to taking control of her estate,The Board of Behavioral Sciences,
Department of Consumer Affairs and State Consumer Services Agency
considered Ms. Gelerman's horrific abuse of a patient "within
the standard of care as the therapeutic relationship had ended." Please
contact Senator McClintock's Office, State Capitol Room
3070, Sacramento, CA 95814, 916-651-4019 and Fax 916-324-7544, in
support for 2009 legislation regarding this small inexpensive change,
preventing unscrupulous professionals from utilizing this loophole,
allowing them to take financial abuse of our most vulnerable citizens. Enough
excuses from our legislators!
Hillarie at kaiserpapers.info  KPMG the
accounting firm, was fined 456 million dollars by the
U.S.Manhattan attorney's office for fraudulent tax
deferments. KPMG
has already been found to have at the very least, "fuzzy" accounting
practices, so it is no surprise that KPMG is now connected to improper
and imprudent practices with New Century Financial Mortgage company.Just
who is KPMG? Is it an investment accounting firm
for the DoD
and the government? How is it that KPMG gets
to continue to operate
business as usual after being fined 456 million dollars by the federal
U.S.Attorneys just like Kaiser appears to have immunity from the
government? Kaiser
and KPMG are connected, just ask Phil Isenberg, former
mayor of Sacramento and ex-Ca. Assembly member. How many subsidiaries
do they have? Many! Is this the privatization of
military
and government also paid for by
taxpayers which goes to companies as an
auditing firm to steal from them, use their money to
create fraudulent investment companies that will go
bankrupt after
stealing hard earned pension money and other wage
earner
benefits? That's part of their plan. One
perfect example is, Henry M. Kaiser, the grandson of
Henry J,
Kaiser who stole two million from Surewest
Phone company to create his
own investment company but got caught because he could only return 1.8
million to Surewest! Surewest is one of thousands! Old
companies like Montgomery Wards and Weinstocks are gutted of
their multi-million dollar business and the money goes to offshore
accounts along with pension money and other
welfare benefits. New
companies are then created by bogus investment firms, ready to
ripoff more of your pension money, insurance and
health care money
again. The trail is continually changed to keep
the thieves from being
discovered. Adding to the mix are banks and the real estate business
and you have a pyramid of thieves stealing for many
decades,
the fortunes of the American people which is rerouted
through offshore
accounts and ending up in Europe, the Mideast and Asia. This
is the
result of the lawlessness called De-regulation by the
leadership of
this country, with the convenience of
the Whitehouse renting out its
offices to KPMG and Kaiser. KPMG
and others are disguised as auditing firms (Enron was
one) conjoining with banking investment firms like
Bear Stearns and
real estate mortgage companies like New Century and insurance
companies/HMOs' like Kaiser, are being allowed to steal everything from
the American people. Now
there is the Brownfields 2006-2008 that become insurance
companies that include the EPA and
former top level military brass to
become profitable off people guaranteed to die because the building
sights are on radiation hot spots with asbestos, mold
and many other
dangerous chemicals, like in Downey Ca. The dead-man
policy is at its
crest. Include AGRAQUEST
in Davis, Ca. that is on Wall St. for
investments on microorganisms that is profiting by exposing
many people
to unknown dangers in our air and food
chain. Do not forget that
KBR-Halliburton has offshore accounts to the Mid-east. How many of our
citizens have died for the profit of the war in
IRAQ? You have to ask
yourself why! Insurance and investment companies, real estate and
mortgage companies, the banking systems and war profiteer+ing
companies
via Wall St. are counting on most of us dying, all for the few
elite to
profit. We
need immediate accountability by our American
leadership and regulation to ensure the
highest quality of life
guaranteed to us by our United States Constitution. Dina
Padilla Peace
& Freedom Party, U.S.House Representative
Congressional Candidate for California 3rd District. Dina Padilla may be contacted via e-mail at: dinapadilla at comcast.net © Kaiser Papers 2008 |
