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“In 2001 workers were using intermittent oxygen numerous times daily on the very high altitude summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii. By the time I left in 2006 some workers were using portable oxygen units and nasal cannula's for continuous medical oxygen administration for the treatment of altitude sickness.”

Medical Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Oxygen Intermittent Continuous

Author:Steven Magee

“My memories of my time in high altitude astronomy indicate that there were no oxygen concentration monitors or alarms in the areas that liquid nitrogen was in use inside of the high altitude astronomical facilities where I had worked.”

Astronomy Osha Gas Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Oxygen Liquid Nitrogen

Author:Steven Magee

“Telescope coordinates are 12 numbers long. After a couple of years working extreme night shifts on the very high altitude summit of Mauna Kea, I could no longer remember the numbers that were read out to me by astronomers.”

Remember Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Extreme Shifts Amnesiac

Author:Steven Magee

“Based on what I observed during my time in high altitude astronomy, mental illness was prevalent in the summit workers.”

Illness Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Mental Summit Amnesiac

Author:Steven Magee

“At the W.M. Keck Observatory on the very high altitude summit of Mauna Kea, there was no routine monitoring of mental functioning, blood oxygen levels, blood pressure or heart rate of summit workers.”

Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Summit Observatory Monitoring Keck

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“When I think of astronomy, I think of dangerous incompetents.”

Dangerous Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Think Telescope Incompetents

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“I am a radiation mutant.”

Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Radiation Tmt Telescope Mutant Keck

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“I really dislike the hiring managers that did not disclose the known toxicity of their hazardous workplaces to me.”

Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Dislike Kea Tmt Telescope Hiring Hazardous

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“Mauna Kea Observatories (MKO) is a classic example of the broken Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).”

Example Broken Astronomy Classic Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Telescope

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“The problem with worker contamination by mercury is that the workers may cross contaminate a wide variety of items, such as computers, furniture, offices, tools, workshops, cars, restrooms, their personal items, their own homes, their partner, and so on.”

Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Telescope Mercury Cross Contamination

Author:Steven Magee

“There were numerous large glass bottles of mercury stored at high altitude astronomical facilities and it was used in the telescope mirror support systems. It seemed to be an uncontrolled substance that was accessible to anyone at the facility.”

Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Telescope Mercury Uncontrolled Stored

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“Reflecting on my time at the 2006 to 2008 observatory, I started to lose my voice in management meetings after extensively handling the rubber mercury mirror support system and the large glass jars of on-site stored mercury with my bare hands and no respiratory protection.”

Voice Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Telescope Poisoning Mercury

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“In 2019 it had emerged that I had been mercury poisoned while working in high altitude astronomy.”

Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Telescope Mercury Poisoned Emerged

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“I was attending the doctor from 2006 through to 2008 for strange skin sensations, tingling/pains/numbness in my head, face, hands and legs, fatigue, stress, gastrointestinal problems, breathing difficulties and chest tightness/pains when exercising while working at an astronomical observatory that had a large amount of mercury stored on site. In 2009 it had progressed to include heart issues, fatigue, weakness and dizziness and I suggested to my doctor that my symptoms matched Eosinophilia and may be Lyme disease encephalitis or multiple sclerosis. Many years later in 2018 I showed a positive response to mercury chelation therapy.”

Astronomy Therapy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Telescope Mercury Chelation

Author:Steven Magee

“Mercury was in use in high altitude astronomy.”

Mirrors Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Telescope Poisoning Mercury

Author:Steven Magee

“At the age of 45, I started to experience severe pains in one foot that progressed into both feet as I aged. I do wonder if it is the long term effects of high altitude peripheral edema.”

Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Telescope Foot Peripheral Edema

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“We were advised to drink plenty of fluids during our very high altitude summit work days to offset altitude sickness.”

Water Drink Astronomy Osha Sickness Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Fluids

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“Plastic bottles of Gatorade were given free to very high altitude workers on Mauna Kea and they were advised to drink it while on the summit.”

Drink Astronomy Osha Altitude Bottles Mauna Kea Tmt Plastic Gatorade

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“I am looking forward to attending the bulldozing ceremony for the removal of all very high altitude manned facilities atop the known biologically toxic summit of Mauna Kea.”

Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Ceremony Telescope Removal Bulldozing

Author:Steven Magee

“Mauna Kea Sickness (MKS) needs to be thoroughly researched and characterized by the medical profession before any more very high altitude workplaces are built on the summit. It is likely that once Mauna Kea Sickness is well characterized, all of the manned summit facilities would need to be removed on the grounds of health and safety.”

Profession Medical Astronomy Osha Sickness Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Telescope

Author:Steven Magee

“The very high altitude Mauna Kea Observatories (MKO) are unsafe for sea level adapted humans to work in. They always have been hazardous to health and always will be.”

Sea Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Telescope Unsafe Hazardous

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“Mauna Kea Sickness (MKS) has cost me close to one million dollars in lost earnings. Long term that figure is expected to rise to four million dollars by age sixty five.”

Astronomy Osha Sickness Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Telescope Million Earnings

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“There is a need to set up a compensation fund for Mauna Kea Sickness (MKS) for damaged employees, their families and their survivors.”

Astronomy Osha Fund Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Compensation Telescope Damaged

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“I observed many employees displaying Mauna Kea Sickness (MKS) on the very high altitude summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii.”

Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Summit Telescope Employees Observed

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“The State of Hawaii are facilitating the construction of the biologically toxic 1.4 billion dollar Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) atop the sacred Mauna Kea mountain while conveniently ignoring the unsafe workplace for the very high altitude TMT workers, which is illegal under USA law.”

Law Astronomy Osha Altitude Illegal Mauna Kea Tmt Telescope Unsafe

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“The Mauna Kea Observatories (MKO) are holding back important biological research into High Altitude Observatory Disease (HAOD) by not publicly documenting the illnesses, diseases and causes of deaths in all of their very high altitude workers.”

Death Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Telescope Diseases Illnesses

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“Two weeks after the petition to shut down the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) was started, it had 189,393 signatures.”

Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Telescope Shut Started Petition

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“The international astronomy community are making it clear that they intend to keep on inducing High Altitude Observatory Disease (HAOD) into their very high altitude workers.”

Community International Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Telescope Inducing

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“The world is watching the international astronomy community build a known biologically toxic telescope atop a sacred Hawaiian mountain.”

World International Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Telescope Watching

Author:Steven Magee

“It is interesting that the international astronomy community are trying to develop the Mauna Kea Observatories (MKO) at the same time as the biological science clearly states that it needs to be demolished on the grounds of worker health and safety.”

International Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Telescope Develop Demolished

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“I applied for workers compensation for the long term effects of High Altitude Observatory Disease (HAOD) caused by the W. M. Keck Observatory and the Ivy League institutions of Columbia University and Dartmouth College. To date, I have not received any compensation from any of them for my injuries or diseases.”

Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Telescope Columbia Keck Dartmouth

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“If the University of Hawaii was unbiased, it would have fully researched High Altitude Observatory Disease (HAOD) in all of the Mauna Kea Observatories (MKO) summit workers prior to developing the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT).”

University Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Hawaii Telescope Researched

Author:Steven Magee

“I noticed that I developed excessive daytime sleepiness after I started working extreme night shifts on the very high altitude summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii. Staying awake during the daytime has been a problem ever since.”

Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Telescope Daytime Sleepiness Excessive

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“Given that the corporate government disability system is denying sickened Mauna Kea workers their earned disability benefits, it falls back onto their very high altitude past employer to compensate them for their loss of earnings, pain and suffering.”

Astronomy Osha Altitude Disability Mauna Kea Tmt Telescope Disabled Compensate

Author:Steven Magee

“Very high altitude workers should be aware that if they become disabled by Mauna Kea Sickness (MKS), it is highly unlikely they will get government disability payments.”

Astronomy Osha Altitude Disability Mauna Kea Tmt Telescope Disabled Payments

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“The most unhygienic thing that I observed during my time in very high altitude astronomy was dozens of workers all sharing the same oxygen administration mask for treating their daily oxygen starvation sicknesses.”

Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Oxygen Telescope Starvation Unhygienic

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“I had my long term health severely damaged by very high altitude astronomy and incorrectly thought that the government disability system would look after me.”

Astronomy Osha Altitude Disability Mauna Kea Tmt Damaged Severely

Author:Steven Magee

“After three weeks, 209,880 people had registered to halt the TMT project in Hawaii.”

Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Hawaii Telescope Halt Registered

Author:Steven Magee

“When one of the workers suggested they could automate some of the manager’s job with software they could easily develop, they were instructed not to do so.”

Astronomy Osha Altitude Software Mauna Kea Tmt Telescope Develop Instructed

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“It was who you knew and not how good you were that determined success in certain high altitude observatories.”

Success Determined Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Telescope Observatories

Author:Steven Magee

“Nepotism made it extremely difficult to function as a manager in certain high altitude observatories.”

Difficult Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Telescope Nepotism Extremely

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“I found that high altitude astronomy was riddled with nepotism.”

Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Telescope Observatory Nepotism Riddled

Author:Steven Magee

“If a workplace makes you sick enough to self medicate on a daily basis, then you should aim to leave at the earliest opportunity to safeguard your long term health.”

Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Workplace Safeguard Earliest Medicate

Author:Steven Magee

“Manua Kea's summit astronomical facilities were run by incompetents for the benefit of incompetents.”

Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Benefit Astronomical Facilities Incompetents

Author:Steven Magee

“There really needs to be a thorough review of current long term summit staff and past summit employees to characterize the long term health effects and fatalities that Mauna Kea Sickness (MKS) causes.”

Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Staff Review Fatalities Characterize

Author:Steven Magee

“It was my experience that the medical profession could not correctly diagnose me. It fell onto me to discover the low level radiation sickness (LLRS), low blood oxygen levels during sleep, B12 deficiency, food intolerance, multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS), DHEA (Dehydroepiandrosterone) deficiency, bruxism and mercury poisoning.”

Profession Medical Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Telescope Diagnose

Author:Steven Magee

“The medical profession seem incompetent at diagnosing Low Level Radiation Sickness (LLRS).”

Astronomy Osha Sickness Altitude Mauna Kea Radiation Tmt Telescope Incompetent

Author:Steven Magee

“All high altitude workers have a right to be fully informed about the complete range of environmental toxins that they are being exposed to and the known health issues in current and past workers, including what workers have died from.”

Issues Died Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Telescope Toxins

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“It has been my experience that the astronomical industry will not rehire past staff members whose health they know was damaged by their biologically toxic high altitude workplaces.”

Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Telescope Damaged Astronomical Rehire

Author:Steven Magee

“As a manager in high altitude astronomy, if you report to the upper management team that their staff appear sick and that they are displaying behavioral problems, it was my experience that they respond by notifying you that your contract will not be renewed and that you will be terminated without notice if anyone complains about you! High altitude astronomy is a very shady industry that only functions by ignoring worker health and safety issues.”

Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Telescope Terminated Behavioral Renewed

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