Gulf Chemist: Mercenaries Hired By BP Are Now Applying Toxic Dispersant - at Night and In an Uncontrolled Manner - Which BP Says It No Longer Uses
Bob Naman is an analytical chemist with almost 30 years in the field, based in Mobile, Alabama. When WKRG News 5 gave Naman samples of water from the Gulf of Mexico, Naman found oil contamination, and one of his samples actually exploded during testing due - he believes - to the presence of methane gas or Corexit, the dispersant that BP has been using in the Gulf:
VIDEO:
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2010/08/chemist-mercenaries-hired-by-bp-are-now.htmlBut the story only starts there.
A few days ago, Naman was sent a sample of water from Cotton Bayou, Alabama.
Naman found 13.3 parts per million of the dispersant Corexit in the sample:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:zGa7dmAfS6oJ:www.epa.gov/bpspill/reports/ComparativeToxTest.Final.6.30.10.pdf+%22Comparative+Toxicity+of+Eight+Oil+Dispersant+Products+on+Two+Gulf+of+Mexico+Aquatic+Test+Species%22&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a
BP and Nalco - the manufacturer of Corexit - have said that dispersant containing 2-butoxyethanol is no longer being sprayed in the Gulf. As the New York Times noted in June:
Since BP and Nalco say that no dispersant containing 2-butoxyethanol has been sprayed in the Gulf for many months, that either means:
(1) BP has been lying, and it is still using 2-butoxyethanol. In other words, BP is still Corexit 9527 in the Gulf
or
(2) The dispersant isn't breaking down nearly as quickly as hoped, and the more toxic form of Corexit used long ago is still present in the Gulf.
However, Naman told me that he went to Dauphin Island, Alabama, last night. He said that he personally saw huge 250-500 gallon barrels all over the place with labels which said:
Corexit 9527Naman took the following picture of the label (click on photo for larger image):
(The A version of the dispersant - 9527A - contains 2-butoxyethanol).Naman further said he saw mercenaries dressed in all black fatigues, using gps coordinates, applying Corexit 9527 at Dauphin Island and at Bayou La Batre, Alabama. The mercenaries were "Blackwater"-type mercenaries, and Naman assumed they must have been hired either by BP or the government.
Naman also told me that Corexit 9527 is being sprayed at night, and that it is being applied in such a haphazard manner that undiluted 9527 is running onto beach sand. For confirmation of many of Naman's claims, see this, this and this.
ONCE AGAIN, ALTOGETHER-BP & THE GOVERNMENT ARE LYING!!!!!
tons of pics, links, more:
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2010/08/chemist-mercenaries-hired-by-bp-are-now.html