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1. ESSAY #2
LEGAL PROCESS ABUSE
EXHAUSTED PESTICIDE POISONING VICTIM
FURTHER ABUSED BY THE LEGAL PROCESS
by
Murray Thompson
(BAppSci Environmental Health with Distinction 1998,
Hons I Social Ecology 1999,
Sociology PhD Student: University of Western Sydney
October 2010
When is justice delayed, and delayed, and delayed…
JUSTICE DENIED! And, if the system of law that you serve makes
demands of you that causes more injury, how is that system
less abusive and less culpable than the poisoners who first
disregarded your health state and abused you with fascism and
CHEMICAL TRESPASS?
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ESSAY #2
EXHAUSTED PESTICIDE POISONING VICTIM FURTHER
ABUSED BY THE LEGAL PROCESS
This document is: http://poisoningandlegalaction.com.au/essays/essay2‐legal‐process‐abuse.pdf
by
Murray Thompson (BAppSci Environmental Health with Distinction 1998, Hons I Social Ecology 1999,
Sociology PhD Postgraduate student: University of Western Sydney)
PO Box 5761
South Windsor
NSW 2756
Australia
14 October, 2010
Email: poisonedpeople@gmail.com
Web sites: http://poisonedpeople.com
http://poisoningandlegalaction.com.au
The legal system can be viewed as a negligent regime when it fails to recognize and accom‐
modate injury victims. Further, when that system adds extra layers of abuse and magnifies
the injuries already suffered by the victim, the system can be viewed as somewhat fascist by
default. This Essay examines my loss of innocence within the adversarial justice system.
My name is Murray Thompson. I am a 55‐year old professional artist and Sociology PhD student at the
University of Western Sydney in Australia. My Degree is in Applied Science, Environmental Health. Un‐
fortunately, I am also a 12‐year (state of New South Wales) Department of Housing (DOH) public housing
tenant. I would like to bring to your attention an extensive public health, ethics, human rights and envi‐
ronmental issue regarding pesticide toxicity. I wish to specifically address the issue of the severe pesti‐
cide poisoning of myself and my then 8 year‐old son in 2000/2001 in my current Bligh Park DOH unit, and
my utter exhaustion via the further insult of 7 years (and still going) of litigation against a recalcitrant
DOH.
When I moved into my DOH ground floor unit in 1998 I noticed that the wooden fences throughout this
block of 16 DOH units were infested with termites. A number of tenants (including myself) brought this
to the DOH's attention. However:
1. Despite having advised the DOH in writing for at least 3 years prior to accepting this unit that I suf‐
fered from chemical‐sensitive asthma;
2. Despite having written to the DOH declaring that I did not want my DOH property treated with ortho‐
dox chemical treatments for termites (and that safer, alternative treatments were available);
3. Despite having phoned the DOH declaring the same as the above (which details were recorded inside
the DOH);
4. And despite having informed the very first pest technician contractor (who only inspected and re‐
ported on my DOH property) that I did not want a chemicalized treatment of my unit… despite all the
above, on Dec. 7th 2000, just one year into my now almost destroyed PhD studies, an external chemical
barrier pyrethroid pesticide treatment was forced on me by a second pest contractor, at the behest of
the DOH. My profound decline into never‐ending health problems started just 10 minutes after the pes‐
ticide was applied via pump into drill holes in concrete, and via above‐ground spraying of the infested
fence line.
With the impact of the pesticide's strong odour forcing its way indoors, I became very ill with headache,
incoordination (dizziness/stumbling) and massive fatigue. Within around 2 weeks after this acute epi‐
sode I began an intimate relationship with a developing kaleidoscope of symptoms: body‐wide joint pains
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Murray Thompson, BAppSc Environmental Health with Distinction 1998 (Australian Institute of Environ-
mental Health [NSW] Division Award for Best Overall Graduating Student), Hons I Social Ecology 1999,
Awarded a PhD Scholarship, UWS Hawkesbury
NEW SOUTH WALES CO-COORDINATOR, MCS-GLOBAL WEBSITE: www.mcs-global.org
Postal Address: PO Box 5761, South Windsor LPO, NSW 2756 Australia; Email: poisonedpeo-
ple@gmail.com; Websites: http://poisonedpeople.com & http://poisoningandlegalaction.com.au
This letter has been sent to:
David Bradbury M.P., Federal Member for Lindsay, PO Box 712 Penrith, NSW 2751
The Hon Nicola Roxon MP ‐ Federal Minister for Health and Ageing, GPO Box 9848, Canberra ACT, 2601
NSW Department of Health, LOCKED BAG 961, North Sydney NSW 2059
Ian Cohen MLC (NSW Legislative Council), Parliament House Macquarie St. Sydney, NSW 2000
Ms. Sylvia Hale (Greens MP), NSW Parliament, Macquarie St. Sydney, 2000
Ms. Lee Rhiannon MLC, (NSW Legislative Council) Parliament House Macquarie St. Sydney, NSW 2000
Senator Bob Brown, GPO Box 404, Hobart, TASMANIA 7001
AHEC ‐ Australian Health Ethics Committee, NHMRC, GPO Box 1421 Canberra ACT 2601
NSW Department of Health ‐ Justice Health, PO Box 150, Matraville NSW 2036
Environmental Defender's Office New South Wales (Ltd), Level 1, 89 York Street, Sydney NSW 2000
The Executive Director, Australian Law Reform Commission, GPO Box 3708, Sydney NSW 2001
New South Wales Bar Association, Selborne Chambers, 174 Phillip Street, Sydney NSW 2000
The Law Society of New South Wales, 170 Phillip Street, Sydney NSW 2000
Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission, 133 Castlereagh St., Sydney NSW 2000
ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Society of NSW Inc., Suite 204, 10 Help Street Chatswood NSW 2067
The Australian Chemical Trauma Alliance Inc., 309 East Bonville Road, Bonville NSW 2441
Legal Aid NSW (Civil & Family), 91 Philip St., Parramatta NSW 2150
NSW Ombudsman, Level 24, 580 George St., Sydney NSW 2000
Rural Press Limited, Bells Line of Road, Nth. Richmond NSW 2754
60 Minutes, PO Box 27, Willoughby NSW 2068
Hawkesbury Gazette, 291 Windsor Street, Richmond, NSW 2753
Penrith Press, 407 High Street Penrith NSW 2750
The Sydney Morning Herald, GPO Box 506 SYDNEY NSW 2001
The Daily Telegraph, 2 Holt Street Surry Hills, NSW, 2010
702 ABC RADIO NATIONAL SYDNEY, GPO Box 9994, Sydney NSW 2001
2UE 954 NEWSTALK, PO Box 954, St. Leonards NSW 1590
Mr. Ray Hadley, The Ray Hadley Morning Show, 2GB, GPO Box 4290, Sydney NSW 2001
Mr. Alan Jones, The Alan Jones Breakfast Show, 2GB, GPO Box 4290, Sydney NSW 2001
Hawkesbury Radio, 11 Fitzgerald Street, Windsor, NSW, 2756
Attorney General's Department of NSW, Victims Services NSW, Victims of Crime Bureau, LOCKED BAG 5118, Parramatta NSW
2124
Attorney General's Department of NSW, Office of the Legal Services Commissioner, GPO Box 4460, Sydney NSW 2001
The Hon. John Della Bosca, BA MLC, Minister for Health, Level 30 Governor Macquarie Tower, 1 Farrer Place, Sydney NSW 2000
Civil Liberties Australia, PO Box 7438 Fisher ACT 2611
Prof. Wai‐on Phoon, Pymble Medical Consultants P/L, PO Box 818, Pymble NSW 2073
Dr Chris Reading, PO Box 587, Dee Why NSW 2099
Dr. Brendan J. Grabau, Centre Manager and Course Leader for Biotechnology and Animal Sciences, Box Hill Institute of Technical
and Further Education, Private Bag 2014, Box Hill VIC 3128
Dr. Mark Donohoe, PO Box 328, Mosman NSW 2088
The Human Rights Council of Australia, PO Box 1071 North Sydney NSW 2059
SOMA Health Association of Australia, PO 915, Leichhardt NSW 2040
Diana Buckland, Founder & Global Coordinator, Global Campaign for Recognition of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, 4 Mia St.
Kallangur QLD 4503
Mr Sam Albassit, Psychologist, Yagoona Medical Centre, 552 Hume Hwy, YagoonaNSW 2199
Dr. Nagwa Morris, South Windsor Medical Practice, 508a George St, South Windsor NSW 2756
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