BP Rehearsed Oil Spill Confidential report Exposed

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Run time: 03:52 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfv34nyAWO0   Posted on YouTube: October 08, 2010 By YouTube Member: afterthepress Views on YouTube: 1014   Posted on DU: November 01, 2010 By DU Member: Generic Other Views on DU: 488

 
This video exposes a confidential report of an experiment done in Norway in 2000 but a consortium of oil companies including BP and the US government showing how a deep water blowout would create clouds of super toxic oil which could not be recovered. Was it a surprise that most of the oil from the BP well stayed in the Gulf of Mexico, at depth, in clouds of small particles? It may have been to us but it shouldn't have been to BP or MMS (the government agency whose job it is to regulate deep water drilling). It also should have come as no surprise to NOAA (the government agency that regulates anything in the sea around the U.S.) All of those institutions did deny the first reports of the clouds when they were found by the Pelican research vessel and the University of Missisippi's Dr. Ray Highsmith and his crew. But they must have known because MMS and the oil companies paid for, and conducted an experiment off the coast of Norway in 2000 to see what would happen in a deepwater oil well blowout. Remember all that "this is a new problem" you heard on television? Well the study showed that the oil would not all rise to the surface to be collected but would tend to form cloud layers of neutrally buoyant particles that might be the most toxic part of the oil.

Here's a direct quote from the report:

"This is important information, because the water-soluble compounds are generally the most toxic ones when exposed to marine biota. The results from these measurements show that the rising of the oil through the water column represents a kind of a "stripping" process of some of the most toxic compounds in the oil. The end result is therefore that a portion of the most toxic compounds is left in the water column."

to see the final report go to
http://afterthepress.com/?p=315
and click "READ ENTIRE STORY" to the right of the video
then click on the link at the bottom of the story

[Angry Dragon]

1. Shove this in front of the adminstration

assholes

[howaboutme]

2. Every politician and administration

abhors telling the public bad news - D or R. Their genetic political makeup will always make them cover it up first, versus being candid and honest. The only thing they know how to do is to paint a rosy picture when the reality is just the opposite...just like used car salesmen.

Many Americans are very fed up with being manipulated instead of being given the truth. The BP spill is but one of many examples.

[Angry Dragon]

3. I have always seen the American people, when told the truth

have risen up to deal with the threat or obstacle.
If the do not know what is wrong how can the attack the problem??

[howaboutme]

4. Totally agree

yet politicians and administrations prefer the cover-up first. The innate belief that cover up is more beneficial than the truth needs to change.