In 1988 I was exposed to TMA (Trimellitic Anhydride). I became very ill, with a strange spectrum of difficulties. In early 1989, because I had such serious respiratory problems from my exposure at work, I had an allergy test performed. All test results were negative. In 1998, eleven years later, the State of Alaska, workers' compensation board sent me to an SIME doctor who advertised in SEAK. She included in her SIME "panel", an allergist, Dr. Philip Fireman. This doctor criticized other doctors I had seen and who had performed tests. He was adamantly against anything to do with the term MCS. He proceeded to tell me he was sure it was an allergy to dust mites since they are a common allergen. He tried to tell me that my respiratory issues were not with the exposure to TMA but to a dust mite that I had been exposed to some 20 years or so earlier in another state. The dust mite he felt was responsible is common in tropical warm climates. The Alaska work comp board was thrilled with this diagnosis from him, claiming that a dust mite allergy was responsible for the issues I was having. Now at the time, Alaska was basically mite free, especially one that is common in the tropical climates, the mite that Dr. Fireman stated I had. Numerous studies were performed here regarding dust mites and extensive literature has been published regarding dust mites. Dr. Timothy Foote was one of those researchers. I went to him and he performed another dust mite test on me, which was also negative. Now, a reasonable person would look at the allergy test from when I first became so ill with this respiratory disease, immediately after the exposure, and see there were no allergies. A note was written to Dr. Gilbert Friday requesting his thoughts on how serious a dust mite issue might be considering the low numbers. His response is posted here and says not likely to cause serious issues. Please note that Gilbert Friday is Philip Fireman's "boss". The only doctor to find a dust mite allergy to blame for the respiratory disease was the INSURANCE doctor hired by the State of Alaska, eleven years after the exposure and after three injections of the dust mite antigen at the same visit, as fast as he could prepare each dose, and in spite of the extensive literature by chemical experts stating the respiratory damage done by exposure to TMA, the chemical I was exposed to. The same chemical known to cause respiratory disease. The memo is to Paul Grossi, who was at that time, Director, Division of Workers' Compensation, Dept of Labor, whom I believe was formerly a Hearing Officer, prior to becoming Director. All state agencies connected to workers' compensation refused to allow the evidence proving my case in regards to the respiratory disease I now have resulting from my work exposure. This is a deliberate action by the state to use insurance doctors to fabricate false medical reports in order to deny claims, and in the opinion of many, clearly shows a deliberate intent to commit fraud against injured workers, at least by a reasonable persons standards.