Two aggressive female astronomy managers would take me into numerous surprise closed door meetings and jointly attempt to harass me out of my job. It was the worst experience that I have ever had in the workplace.

High Altitude Observatory Disease (HAOD) is preventable in the sea level adapted human by making sure that you do not get the exposures that are known to trigger it. You should be wary of venturing above 8,000 feet.

High altitude observatories are commonly on remote mountain tops that isolate workers from society.

When I took a job at the Mauna Kea Observatories (MKO), I never knew that I would end up researching its toxicity to the sea level adapted human.

High altitude astronomy is a biologically toxic job for sea level adapted humans that has a myriad of long term health issues associated with it.

The next time you look at a wonderful astronomical picture taken from the summit of Mauna Kea, you must remember that workers health was damaged in order to obtain it.

It has been my experience that the astronomical industry will not rehire past staff members whose health they know was damaged by their biologically toxic high altitude workplaces.

There is a need to set up a compensation fund for Mauna Kea Sickness (MKS) for damaged employees, their families and their survivors.

I had my long term health severely damaged by very high altitude astronomy and incorrectly thought that the government disability system would look after me.