Corexit News Round-up: Toxic Health Effects, Sinking Oil and Creation of New Problems
August 9, 2010, 5:53 am
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Whistleblower: BP used dispersants to hide oil
For quite some time, many bloggers and journalists following the BP-Corexit story, including me, have made the allegation that BP may have been experimenting by dumping over a million gallons of toxic dispersants into the ocean because they were desperately trying to prevent the oil from hitting the beaches.
The Gulf Coast, Corexit and BPs Clean Up
Corexit Kills; Update on the Oil Disaster and the Chemical Rape of the Gulf
Corexit Poisoning: Coast Guard and Obama Administration Betray the People and Country They Are Sworn to Protect
BP says over 15% of oil cleanup workers show high levels of Corexit dispersant toxin; Figure likely much higher via NYTimes
EPA WhistleBlower – Public Can’t Handle the Truth Regarding Corexit9500
Video: EPA Covering Up Effects of Dispersant in BP Oil Spill? Part 1 – Democracy NOW!
Gulf Oil Spill Dispersants Raise Concerns – Water looks like, “gelatinous toxic soup”
Feds/BP Covering Up Lethality/Dispersal depth Of Corexit
Well, Corexit is one of a number of dispersants, that are toxic, that are used to atomize the oil and force it down the water column so that it’s invisible to the eye. In this case, these dispersants were used in massive quantities, almost two million gallons so far, to hide the magnitude of the spill and save BP money. And the government—both EPA, NOAA, etc.—have been sock puppets for BP in this cover-up. Now, by hiding the amount of spill, BP is saving hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars in fines, and so, from day one, there was tremendous economic incentive to use these dispersants to hide the magnitude of the gusher that’s been going on for almost three months…..
People who work near [Corexit] are hemorrhaging internally [but the] EPA now is taking the position that they really don’t know how dangerous it is, even though if you read the label, it tells you how dangerous it is.… for example, in the Exxon Valdez case, people who worked with dispersants, most of them are dead now. The average death age is around fifty. It’s very dangerous, and it’s an economic—it’s an economic protector of BP, not an environmental protector of the public.
Gulf Dispersants: BP and Nalco Play Toxic Roulette
BP has dumped almost two million gallons of dispersants from Nalco in the Gulf of Mexico that is disguising the extent of the Deepwater spill and the inability of existing technology to mitigate the disaster. Even if BP eventually staunches the hemorrhage of oil, devastating toxins will linger for decades.
Chemical Dispersants and Crude Oil – Efficacy and Toxicity
Water sample “exploded” when chemist tested for oil; “Most likely” methane or Corexit
Leaked Corexit Information
Video: Dispersants Do Nothing But Hide Oil & Kill Cleanup Workers
MSNBC REPORTING THAT COREXIT IS KILLING CLEAN UP WORKERS!!
BP, Coast Guard ignored order to stop using dispersants: report
“HUGE discrepancies”: 1.8 million gallons of dispersant “now in question”, “Either BP was lying to Congress or to the Coast Guard”
For example, in one approval request, one of BP’s top executives, Doug Suttles, claimed that the maximum daily application of dispersants on the surface in the days preceding June 16, 2010 was 3,360 gallons on June 12. However, an examination of the dispersant totals BP provided to congressional staff in its daily “Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Response Updates” indicates that on June 11, BP said it applied 14,305 gallons of the chemical on the surface; on June 13, 36,000 gallons; and on June 14, 10,706 gallons.
According to publicly disclosed amounts on DeepwaterHorizonResponse.com, more than 1.8 million gallons of toxic dispersants were used to break up the oil as it came out of the well, as well as after it reached the ocean surface. The validity of those numbers are now in question.
Oil Spill Dispersants Shifting Ecosystem Impacts in Gulf, Scientists Warn
Congressman “BP often carpet bombed the ocean with chemicals”
Dispersants flowed freely in gulf
*BREAKING* Tulane researchers indicate COREXIT now in blue crab larvae from Florida to Texas; Bio-accumulation fears (VIDEO)
Dispersants “more than the amount of oil spilled in any single accident prior to the BP disaster”
BP oil spill Corexit dispersants suspected in widespread crop damage
Toxic Dispersants Near Gulf Harm Humans and Wildlife
Marine biologist claims US Coast Guard involved in Corexit spraying
Environmental & Health Effects of Oil Dispersants a Mystery to BP and the Government
Video: Grand Isle LA townhall meeting reveals BP continues to use dispersants
Tests suggest oil dispersant washing up on Alabama beaches
Censored Gulf eyewitness testimonies of coughing up blood and other horror stories
Censored Gulf news: People bleeding internally, millions poisoned says ‘EPA whistleblower’
40% Of Residents Exposed To BP Gulf Oil Spill Suffer From Respiratory Problems And Skin Lesions
Along Gulf Coast, BP Spill Vapors Could Be Up Your Nose & On Your Head
Video: Gulf toxicologist: Shrimpers exposed to Corexit “bleeding from the rectum”
New BP Data Show 20% of Gulf Spill Responders Exposed to Chemical That Sickened Valdez Workers
Video: 128 BP Oil Cleanup Workers Sickened in Louisiana – Told NOT to go to Public Hospitals!
Video: Gulf Residents Are Being Used As Lab Rats, Grand Isle Resident Tells All
Toxicologist: Oil/Corexit mix caused heart trouble, organ damage, rectal bleeding
1,500 oil cleanup workers sickened says BP’s lead doctor in Gulf
Environmental & Health Effects of Oil Dispersants a Mystery to BP and the Government
‘People Are Getting Sick,’ Cleanup Worker Says
“It’s a lot thicker then you see on TV. It’s a lot worse. It’s everywhere. The smell is outrageous. People (were) getting sick all the time. They don’t really tell you what it is, why people are getting sick, but they were MedEvac-ing people left and right,” Bourgeois said. “I have personally dealt with headaches and feeling bad. It’s a lot different then what you see sitting at the house.”
Grand Isle Town Hall, Residents Speak Out, Disaster Destroying the Gulf and it’s People
Oil disaster causes persistent public health crisis: Large number of children with medical and psychological problems
Thousands in Gulf Suffer from Misdiagnosed Skin Lesions
Growing Health Crisis in the Gulf
The combination of millions of gallons of oil and dispersants has made large areas of the Gulf toxic and dangerous, marine toxicologist Ricki Ott saying if she lived there with children she’d leave – based on her firsthand experience after the 1989 Prince William Sound, Alaska Exxon Valdez disaster and subsequent research, documented in her books titled, “Sound Truth and Corporate Myth$: The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill” and “Not One Drop – Betrayal and Courage in the Wake of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill.”
Ongoing today, the legacy includes criminal negligence, bankruptcies, destroyed lives and livelihoods, domestic violence, severe anxiety, trauma, PTSD, drug and alcohol abuse, serious illnesses, suicides, massive loss of plant and wildlife, and vast ecological destruction from the 30 million or more gallons spilled, the State of Alaska’s conservative estimate, not Exxon’s 11 million figure, its lowball claim to hide the disaster’s magnitude and minimize its liability.
The Gulf catastrophe is infinitely greater, estimates up to three or more Exxon Valdez incidents (using Exxon’s figure) a week until capped. Yet some experts think another seabed hole (a few miles from the Macondo well) is emitting 100,000 or more barrels daily, greatly compounding the growing disaster, added to more by numerous small leaks, five or more alone in BP’s Macondo well – the “well from hell,” according to some.
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Deepwater Horizon Blame Game Continues: More Violations and Corruption Emerges
August 9, 2010, 5:53 am
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Oil Rig’s Owner Had Safety Issue at Three Other Wells
What the Oil-Rig Cook Saw: Corruption, Mostly
Transocean gets 249 lawsuits, claims over oil spill
BP Adviser: “Not sure” if it’s their job to deal with long-term effects of toxic dispersants; Shifts blame to Thad Allen and EPA
BP Expected to Be Fined 21 Billion for Deepwater Horizon Disaster
U.S. Puts Oil Spill Total at Nearly 5 Million Barrels
As federal panel probes oil spill, picture emerges of a series of iffy decisions
If there is no smoking gun in the Deepwater Horizon disaster, it is because there is smoke coming from so many places.
Contractor: BP Pumped Unusual Chemicals Into Well Before Explosion
Deepwater Horizon Survivors Kept in Seclusion After Rig Explosion, Coerced Into Signing Legal Waivers
A Key Piece in the Oil Leak Story: Two Sections of Drill Pipe Lodged in the Blowout Preventer
BP testimony: Officials knew of key safety problem on rig
BP Coverup and the Criminal Pursuit of Profit: Deepwater Horizon Workers knew of Problems before Explosion
Matt Simmons latest: Cap test a “total diversion”; “Biggest environmental coverup ever” (4 Interviews)
Oil Rig’s Siren Was Kept Silent, Technician Says
BP Continued Drilling Despite Report of Leak, Official Says
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AGGRESSION AGAINST ACTIVISTS AND WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER SPEAK TO POLICE
February 25, 2010, 5:57 pm
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