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Fake flu shots given to exxonmobile employees Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2005-10-28-fakeflushots_x.htm?POE=NEWISVA http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2005-10-28-fakeflushots_x.htm?POE=NEWISVA Posted 10/28/2005 1:16 PM Authorities say ExxonMobil workers got fake flu shots BAYTOWN, Texas (AP) — Fake flu shots were given out last week at a health fair at ExxonMobil Corp.'s Baytown complex and an investigation was underway, authorities said. ExxonMobil spokeswoman Treacy A. Roberts said Thursday that the FBI told the company that what was administered "definitely not the flu vaccine." It doesn't appear that the fake shots were harmful, but steps were being taken to ensure workers' safety, U.S. Attorney Chuck Rosenberg said in a statement Thursday. ExxonMobil offered blood tests and counseling to the up to 1,000 employees who took part in the health fair at the oil company's vast complex of refineries and chemical plants just east of Houston. The FBI and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are investigating what was in the syringes and whether others might have received the fake vaccine, Rosenberg said. Jeanne Miller, another ExxonMobil spokeswoman, said a doctor provided the shots in Exxon's first use of an outside contractor to administer the shots. She declined to identify the doctor because of the federal investigation. In the past, Miller said, company medical staff had offered flu shots at health fairs. FBI officials did not explain how they found out about the potential fraud, Roberts said. In May, a nurse in Minnesota, Michelle Torgerson, pleaded guilty to dispensing a drug without a prescription, admitting she used diluted vaccine left over from an earlier clinic and pocketed the cash when she gave college students shots at $20 each. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright 2005 The Associated Press.

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