07/10/10
From Prison Planet (four items in a row)
New BP Data Show 20% of Gulf Spill
Responders
Exposed to Chemical That Sickened Valdez Workers
Prison Planet quotes a NY Times article:
| ELANA SCHOR NY Times July 10, 2010 In an under-the-radar release of new test results for its Gulf of Mexico oil spill workers, BP PLC is reporting potentially hazardous exposures to a now-discontinued dispersant chemical — a substance blamed for contributing to chronic health problems after the Exxon Valdez cleanup — among more than 20 percent of offshore responders. BP’s new summary of chemical testing, posted to its website this week after a nearly monthlong absence of new data, also makes notable revisions to the company’s public characterization of the health risks facing Gulf workers. The oil giant now describes the government as a partner in developing the program for monitoring cleanup crews. In a June 9 report on worker test results, BP confidently asserted that the health hazards of exposure to both dispersant chemicals and the components of leaking crude “are very low.” In its latest summary, BP replaced those three words with an assurance that health risks “have been carefully considered in the selection of the various methods employed in addressing its spill.” The new BP summary, including results up to June 29, show a broad majority of workers testing below exposure limits set by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). But the Valdez-linked chemical 2-butoxyethanol was detected at levels up to 10 parts per million (ppm) in more than 20 percent of offshore responders and 15 percent of those near shore. The NIOSH standard for 2-butoxyethanol, which lacks the force of law but is considered more health-protective than the higher OSHA limit, is 5 ppm. Prison Planet has a link to a continuation of the article. |
From
Prison Planet
Toxicologists: Corexit “Ruptures Red Blood Cells,
Causes Internal Bleeding”, “Allows Crude Oil To
Penetrate “Into The Cells” and “Every Organ System”
Prison Planet on what Corexit does to people
| Washington’s Blog July 10, 2010 As I have previously noted, Corexit is toxic, is less effective than other dispersants, and is actually worsening the damage caused by the oil spill. Now, two toxicologists are saying that Corexit is much more harmful to human health and marine life than we’ve been told. Specifically Gulf toxicologist Dr. Susan Shaw – Founder and Director of the Marine Environmental Research Institute – dove into the oil spill to examine the chemicals present. Dr. Shaw told CNN: If I can tell you what happens — because I was in the oil — to people… Shrimpers throwing their nets into water… [then] water from the nets splashed on his skin. … [He experienced a] headache that lasted 3 weeks… heart palpitations… muscle spasms… bleeding from the rectum… And that’s what that Corexit does, it ruptures red blood cells, causes internal bleeding, and liver and kidney damage. … This stuff is so toxic combined… not the oil or dispersants alone. … Very, very toxic and goes right through skin. *** The reason this is so toxic is because of these solvents [from dispersant] that penetrate the skin of anything that’s going through the dispersed oil takes the oil into the cells — takes the oil into the organs… and this stuff is toxic to every organ system in the body. … Similarly, marine biologist and toxicologist Dr. Chris
Pincetich – who has an extensive background in testing the affects
of chemicals on fish – says that Corexit disrupts cell membranes. Drs. Shaw and Pincetich are wildlife conservationists. But even industry scientists working for Exxon and the manufacturer of Corexit itself admit that the stuff is toxic. Prison Planet has videos of the two toxicologists at the link. |
From
Prison Planet
128 BP Oil Cleanup Workers Sickened in Louisiana
– Told NOT to go to Public Hospitals
Prison Planet tells us about a ... conspiracy (?)
| Youtube July 10, 2010 State clinics are telling us something else as well, that cleanup workers are being told to report to BP’s own health clinic on Grand Isle, not to go to state facilities. Prison Planet has a video at the link. |
From
Prison Planet
More Evidence Of BP Corexit Chemical
Rain Blowing Into Fort Worth Texas
Prison Planet hits close to home.
THIS got my attention. I live near Fort Worth,
we've had 5 inches of rain in the last week or so.
Unusually wet for this time of year due to hurricane Alex,
but what did Alex drop on us besides water?
| Youtube July 10, 2010 This video was taken on July 3rd, 2010 in Fort Worth, Texas, just after the first few days of rain we received here from Hurricane Alex. I just planted a lemon tree, a lime tree and a blueberry tree, so I’ve been working in the yard a bit and keeping an eye on things. Since this rain has come through many of the plants appear to be burned or chemically damaged. I’m not trying to be an alarmist at all- I’m just attempting to be a realist here. If that hurricane Alex, which grew vigorously in the Gulf, sucked up all that Gulf moisture, including that toxic ‘Corexit crap’ that BP has been dispersing, (which evaporates into the Gulf air as well as becomes part of that SAME Gulf moisture)…just dumped some of that toxic stuff all the way up here? If it gets in our water? What are the health effects? Man- someone better start asking these questions…from what I’ve found- this toxic crap will CERTAINLY give us cancer. We will be bathing in it and washing our dishes in it. Our kids will be spraying it on themselves while playing in the front yard this summer. We need to be aware- go out and look at your trees and plants for crying out loud! And stay out of the rain! Keep your kids out of the rain! Be safe!
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| So, first my apologies for such a long page and so many links
back and forth and all the videos. But if you just scanned the
headlines, you got the idea. I'm sitting here with toxic rain
falling on me and asking myself if His Excrement is incompetent or
if the oil spill and the long delay in doing anything about it was
all a careful plan. The Gulf of Mexico is now saturated with dissolved crude oil and methane gas and Corexit and what else? It's the start of hurricane season, so there's a very good chance that several powerful hurricanes are going to distribute this toxic soup all over the crops and the people from Texas and Louisiana on across the Southeast and up the East coast. Keep an eye on His Excrement. I bet he's out of town from now on when it rains in Washington and that all his arugula is California-grown. I'm on Medicare, so I don't know if I have a doctor anymore. But I get diagnosed with cancer or start developing Corexit symptoms, I'm going lame-duck hunting.
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