Fox News, I come in peace, I swear

…but come on, I don’t make the news, I just report it. Or, rather, link to what other people report – like our exclusive-nabbing cousin at TV Newser, who reports that an FNC employee was hospitalized after being exposed to banned insecticides in the workplace.

Apparently the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is investigating a complaint against Fox News for exposing its employee to diazinon, a neurotoxin class insecticide banned by the EPA for indoor use since the year 2000.

TV Newser has a tipster on the inside:

“A technical employee was removed by ambulance and hospitalized for several days in March 2005 immediately after untrained building personnel had sprayed the technical employee lounge, unbeknownst to FNC workers on break there,” the tipster wrote. “Besides illegal use of a neurotoxin, typical legal requirements that warnings be posted concerning the treatment of areas and the products in use were not being practiced by FNC or the untrained, unlicensed employees.”

This was apparently not the first time, and previous complaints to management had remained unadressed.

Get the full story from TVNewser here. Now, go on outside for your smoke break already.

Exclusive: Following Employee’s Hospitalization And Insecticide Complaints, OSHA Investigates Fox News [TV Newser]

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