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“I developed strange intestinal problems when working at very high altitude on Mauna Kea. Intestinal pains and bouts of loose stools. Dietary experimentation lead to the conclusion that eating a diet that comprised of lots of steamed vegetables when home would reduce the symptoms.”

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“During my time at the W. M. Keck Observatory, I had formed the opinion that overworking workers was part of the company's toxic culture.”

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“It was well known to the team of eight extreme night shift workers that group needed nine workers to prevent overwork and accumulation of excess night shift hours that could not be taken because there were not enough workers to cover for the absence.”

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“Out of a group of eight extreme night shift workers, I was aware of four workers who appeared to be displaying symptoms of depression. That is fifty percent of the team. That number may be higher if you include those that were already on successful depression treatment and were not publicly showing the symptoms.”

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“Daily fatigue was a problem for many very high altitude workers.”

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“It is common in high altitude astronomy to find astronomical observatories located on sparsely populated remote volcanic islands.”

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“A particular team of world leading male astronomers that I regularly worked with engaged in extensive sordid conversations about their female counterparts that I had not witnessed in the many other astronomy teams. It was unique to their group. What was also unique to their group was the intensive all night long computer work. It was so intense that getting rest room breaks during the night was always a problem.”

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“Working the astronomy night shift required sitting and staring at many computer screens for up to eighteen hours per night for several nights.”

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“Astronomy was field in which computers were extensively used and in some cases, multiple computers with several screens.”

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“There is a light within our soul that burns brighter than the sun. And we ignore it.”

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“The era of professional astronomers keeping their workers in the dark about the toxicity of their high altitude observatories is over.”

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