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See earlier thread with details about the package from Yemen that apparently made Mr. Lill ill:
Government 'mum' on Rochester, NY native's illness who was exposed to leaking package while working in post office in Orlando, FL
For Orlando Postal Worker, Illness Still Mystery
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Jeffrey A. Lill. (Photo by J.J. Barrow.)Published on May 20, 2013. Tags: Jeffrey A. Lill, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Trevor Aaronson, U.S. Postal Service, WUSF
By Trevor Aaronson
Florida Center for Investigative Reporting
The case of Jeffrey A. Lill, a U.S. Postal Service employee injured at a mail-sorting facility in Orlando more than two years ago, is still unresolved.
Last year, in a story published in more than 250 news outlets worldwide, the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting, in partnership with the Investigative Reporting Program at the University of California-Berkeley, reported that two whistleblowers and internal Postal Service emails supported Lill’s claim that he was exposed to toxic chemicals on Feb. 4, 2011 — something Postal Service official have denied.
Following his exposure to the chemicals, which Lill said were leaking from a package from Yemen, Lill moved into his mother’s home in Rochester, N.Y., where he is bedridden. Lill’s doctors say his debilitating symptoms, which include extreme fatigue, tremors, and liver and neurological problems, are consistent with exposure to a neurotoxin...
See earlier thread with details about the package from Yemen that apparently made Mr. Lill ill:
Government 'mum' on Rochester, NY native's illness who was exposed to leaking package while working in post office in Orlando, FL
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