Sick Gulf residents continue to blame BP

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http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/09/201191716821664814.html


Many people living near the site of the BP oil spill have reported a long list of similar health problems.


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The 4.9 million barrels of oil spilled into the Gulf last year was the largest accidental marine oil spill in history, affecting people living near the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida.

Compounding the problem, BP has admitted to using at least 1.9 million gallons of toxic dispersants, which are banned by many countries, including the UK. According to many scientists, these dispersants create an even more toxic substance when mixed with crude oil.

Dr Wilma Subra, a chemist in New Iberia, Louisiana, has tested the blood of BP cleanup workers and residents.

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Subra explained that exposure has been long enough to create long-term effects, such as "liver damage, kidney damage, and damage to the nervous system. So the presence of these chemicals in the blood indicates exposure".

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they are calling it 'Dying from the inside Out'

and if also affects the fetus

ever since it happened I've said women who wanted to get pregnant, pregnant women, and children should move well away from the Gulf

they are still using the dispersant

[polichick]

1. Where's "our" gov't on this? Thought "we" were going to stand with them til the end.

[gateley]

2. It may well be doing something and staying involved, it's just

not in the headlines anymore. Several times I've been so frustrated or angry at them for doing NOTHING, then they come out with some action they've taken or something, showing that they HAD been doing something all along.

Even so, I fear it's not nearly enough to give these people the help they need. :(

[Voice for Peace]

3. kick

this is still an outrage.