Dartmouth Quotes

“I remember how excited I was to work for the Ivy League. By the time I left, I would not advise anyone to work for them.”
― Steven Magee

“Wavelength calibration lamps containing mercury and other elements were in use in astronomy.”
― Steven Magee

“The Ivy League has an established history of mercury poisoned employees.”
― Steven Magee

“My dislike of the W. M. Keck Observatory, Columbia University and Dartmouth College is based on unpleasant experiences in their employment.”
― Steven w Magee

“Out of all of my employers, the Ivy League was by far the worst.”
― Steven Magee

“It is probably a good thing that Karen Wetterhahn died from mercury poisoning, as if she had survived, she would have discovered the horrible Dartmouth College workers compensation experience for occupational disease.”
― Steven Magee

“In the space of less than a year, mercury poisoning took me from being sponsored for an exceptional ability green card by Dartmouth College to being shown the door.”
― Steven Magee

“Like Karen Wetterhahn, I was mercury poisoned in the employment of Dartmouth College. Unlike Karen Wetterhahn, I survived the extremely sickening mercury poisoning.”
― Steven Magee

“When I reflect on my time working for the W. M. Keck Observatory, Columbia University and Dartmouth College, my memories are not of brilliant minds advancing science, but rather of shady people damaging their workers health in order to obtain tainted astronomical data.”
― Steven Magee

“Dartmouth College demonstrated gross incompetence with mercury systems when I worked for them.”
― Steven Magee

“Dartmouth College has an established history of blatant incompetence with handling mercury.”
― Steven Magee

“Ignore the behavioral problems in the staff or be fired.”
― Steven Magee

“I worked for Dartmouth College where Karen Wetterhahn was killed by mercury poisoning. I never received any industry recognized training in handling mercury systems and also ended up with nasty mercury poisoning.”
― Steven Magee

“I applied for workers compensation for the long term effects of High Altitude Observatory Disease (HAOD) caused by the W. M. Keck Observatory and the Ivy League institutions of Columbia University and Dartmouth College. To date, I have not received any compensation from any of them for my injuries or diseases.”
― Steven Magee

“While handling mercury systems in the employment of Columbia University and Dartmouth College, I have no recollection of receiving industry recognized health and safety training for the workplace hazards present.”
― Steven Magee

“The large amount of mercury at the observatory facility was one of the reasons why I wanted Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) to visit the facility and provide legal guidance. I attribute my mercury poisoning to be directly related to the observatory management preventing the arranged OSHA visit from taking place.”
― Steven Magee

“When I worked at Columbia University and Dartmouth College we would handle the rubber filled mercury mirror support system with bare hands and no respiratory protection. What was ironic was that we were visually inspecting it for leaks and that microscopic leaks could be entering our bodies through our bare skin and respiratory tracts. I had no industry recognized training in correctly handling mercury systems, dealing with unexpected spills, the health hazards and the correct storage protocols. When I reflect on the mercury filled rubber mirror support band, it was just one of the many incompetence's that astronomers were subjecting their unsuspecting staff to.”
― Steven Magee

“The Ivy League I am familiar with is riddled with incompetence.”
― Steven Magee

“I really dislike it when a company withholds the toxicity of their facility from their workers.”
― Steven Magee

“Trying to understand why your workers are sick may lead to you being shown the door.”
― Steven Magee

“After informing the management team at Dartmouth College that I was keeping daily records of the behavioral problems I was observing in all staff that I supervised, they insisted those records be destroyed.”
― Steven Magee

“I was shown the door by Dartmouth College after reporting behavioral problems in all workers that I supervised!”
― Steven Magee

“Trying to get Dartmouth College to acknowledge the behavioral problems in all staff that I supervised got me a final warning of dismissal, when no previous warnings had been received.”
― Steven Magee

“By the time I left Dartmouth College, I regarded the management team as a dangerous group of people.”
― Steven Magee

“Working for the Ivy League was a bad career choice.”
― Steven Magee

“I was employed at Dartmouth College for a year. They obtained my work visa and ‘exceptional ability’ green card, and I have a company pension plan from them. A reference check revealed they were telling people I had never been employed by them!”
― Steven Magee