#tdih On Nov. 13, 1974, 28-year-old Karen Silkwood died in a car accident in Oklahoma. Silkwood worked as a technician at a plutonium plant operated by the Kerr-McGee Corporation, and she had been critical of the plants health and safety procedures. In Sept., she had complained to the Atomic Energy Commission about unsafe conditions at the plant and the night she died, she was on her way to a meeting with a union representative and a NYT reporter, reportedly with a folder full of documents that proved that Kerr-McGee was acting negligently when it came to worker safety at the plant. However, no such folder was found in the wreckage of her car, lending credence to the theory that someone had forced her off the road to prevent her from telling what she knew. (from History) For more on whistleblowers, see: bit.ly/1sFuv9k Photo by Mark Peterson/Corbis SABA
Posted on: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 04:41:07 +0000
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