Gulf Health Problems Blamed on Dispersed Oil

[ensho]

http://www.truth-out.org/gulf-health-problems-blamed-dispersed-oil62277


On Aug. 5, Donny Mastler, a commercial fisherman who also works on boats, was at the Dauphin Island Marina.

"I was with my friend Albert, and we were both slammed with exposure," Mastler, told IPS, referring to toxic chemicals he inhaled that he believes are associated with BP's Corexit dispersants. "We both saw the clumps of white bubbles on the surface that we know come from the dispersed oil."
Both of their eyes were watering and their throats were burning, so Albert went to sit in his air-conditioned truck, while Mastler headed home.

"I started to vomit brown, and my pee was brown also," Mastler said. "I kept that up all day. Then I had a night of sweating and non-stop diarrhea unlike anything I've ever experienced."

BP has been using two oil dispersants, Corexit 9500 and Corexit 9527, both of which are banned in Britain. More than 1.9 million gallons of dispersant has been used to date on the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster.

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be sure to read this:

"We have dolphins that are hemorrhaging. People who work near it are hemorrhaging internally. And that's what dispersants are supposed to do…And, for example, in the Exxon Valdez case, people who worked with dispersants, most of them are dead now. The average death age is around 50. It's very dangerous, and it's an… economic protector of BP, not an environmental protector of the public."

[Whoa_Nelly]

1. K&R for the kick

[MountainLaurel]

2. Unfortunately, not surprising

Which is why these chemicals have been banned in other parts of the world.

[Subdivisions]

3. Didn't Christine Todd-Whit- ... er, I mean Carol Browner say most of the

oil was gone? Didn't she say this at that sham NOAA/WH presser last week where the BP disaster was swept under the rug?

[Selatius]

4. I expect cancer rates will skyrocket in the next few years with people who eat gulf food.

Because all the dispersants are doing is driving the oil to the bottom out of sight and mind. The oil will make its way through the food chain.

[valerief]

11. And gulf food will be fed to other food sources all around the country. nt

[Selatius]

13. Very true. The cancer rates in coastal areas will likely skyrocket.

This would be sort of like living downwind of 3 Mile Island after the accident. Anybody who goes to the beach and gets into the water in this area is simply exposing themselves to crude oil residue, and if they fish in the local waters, even years after the accident, exposure will be far higher. On any given day, exposure may be small and limited, but over time, the effect is--I fear--cumulative. I highly doubt all the crude oil that's currently sitting at the bottom is going to stay out of the food chain.

[Lorien]

16. The dispersants are being sucked up into the rainclouds too, and are being

showered all over the Eastern half of the US. I've heard some scientists say that we could see toxic rains as far North as Boston.

[Uncle Joe]

5. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, ensho.

[anarch]

6. but...but...the EPA said it was totally safe

why would our government downplay the dangers? It's almost like they're working with BP...and that would hardly make any sense. That could only happen in crazy-land. Are we living in crazy-land?

[BeFree]

9. It is for your own good

In these tough economic times, the revenue from oil and seafood mix very nicely.

If you try to make sure the oil is separated from the seafood you may cause some really rich folks to become less rich and this economy needs all the rich people it can feed.

And BP, as our president has said, is a good company that must survive.

Think of it as health care for BP. No cost is too great, all problems must be dispersed when it comes to the health of BP.

[Lorien]

17. BP is a special (foreign) corporate citizen that has special rights

that supersede those of flesh and blood American citizens.

[valerief]

12. We don't have an EPA. We have a Bizarro EPA. nt

[Poboy]

7. kr!

[Individualist]

8. K&R

[amborin]

10. K & R

[FedUpWithIt All]

14. K + R n/t

[Lorien]

15. K & R. I live 50 miles from the Gulf and have extreme chemical sensitivities

I've been sick for over three months straight. Many days I can't get out of bed at all-especially when it's raining. I'm seeing yet another specialist on Tuesday and I'm hoping that they can help-but if it is due to the Corexit (which is causing toxic rain all over the Eastern half of the US) I'm pretty much screwn. I can't imagine how bad it must be for those living within just a mile or two of the beach. :-(

[ensho]

18. egads! if it keeps up you might have to move out of the area

wishing you well