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22 June 2005

Fox News Employees Claim They Were Exposed to Diazinon Poison

The Web log TV Newser, citing "multiple Fox News employees" as its source, is reporting that the company ordered the insecticide diazinon be sprayed in its roach-infested New York newsroom, exposing numerous employees to a chemical that is banned by the EPA for indoor use. One Fox employee wrote that she and her colleagues had decided to go public with the matter because "diazinon -- which disrupts the nervous and endocrine systems -- is highly suspect in one of the female producers here having a child with Down's Syndrome. That is a major liability that no company, however noble their corporate mission may be, should be allowed to cover up and escape the liability for." TV Newser said today (Wednesday) that Fox News chief Roger Ailes addressed employees about the insecticide issue on Tuesday but that it had received no word on what he said.

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