BP Begins Continuously Spraying TOXIC Oil Dispersants

EPA gives BP 24 hours to stop dumping toxic chemical on oil spill

http://current.com/news/92444279_epa-gives-bp-24-hours-to-stop-dumping-toxic-che...

They're lying about the clean-up efforts. They aren't giving 110% of their time and effort to this. The truth of the matter is they don't know how to stop it. Everything they're doing is trial and error. They know the dispersants are toxic and that they're going to do more harm than good but they need to give the appearance of doing something until they can figure out how to stop this. What they're not admitting is that this part of the ocean is now dead, the coastline is now polluted and will be so for the next 100 -150 years. Help is being offered from the international community but it's not being accepted. Why? Why is that? Certain parts.....KEY pieces of information isn't being made public. Why is that? Some of the most brilliant scientific minds in the world are offering up counsel and options. But untested dispersants are what's being used? Why is that? FYI, this is going to affect more than just the gulf. The current will carry this mess until the entire continent feels the affects. The folks who live along that coast line should consider it a wrap and just count up their losses and leave. Life as they knew it is over.

Do you people know ? that BP dont want to show underwater videos of what really happened on the pipe line , to me this is very fishy. what are they hiding?

Dispersants used in the Valdez spill were
later linked with health impacts in people including respiratory, nervous
system, liver, kidney and blood disorders. They are saying that these
dispersants are less toxic, but I'm wondering how they are saying this
since no tests have been done. Also, the chemical composition isn't being
released. You see, Exxon, which owns the company that makes the compound,
is keeping it secret under shelter from competitive trade laws.

Why don't we just nuke it... there I said it. Isn't that how we solve our problems now-a-days anyway. Send in a drone and drop bombs on all the sea life then the oil can leak where ever it wants to. Problem Solved. (Insert sarcastic comments below)

Fuck you BP...Me and my kids are directly downwind from your toxic f***ing mess. Pardon my language, but I'm soooooooooooo f***ing pisssseedd offffffff!!!!!!!!! Dip your f***ing glass in that shit and chug it!

When plan B is to stuff trash into the leak I think it's time for the government to take over. Have BP pay the bill but we need to use everything at our disposal to stop this now. You'd think the government would have a just little more technology at their disposal than BP. Naaa lets just sit back and watch?
Heckuva job Brownie! I mean BP.

Can anyone and everyone who cares about this please DEMAND from your congressmen that the US MUST MANDATE that all new vehicles sold in the US be multifuel capable.

If government WILL NOT put meaningful limits on the oil monopoly---AT LEAST let consumers have the choice NOT to use petroleum.

We need vehicles that can use biofuels and natural gas as well as petroleum, and IN PLACE of petroleum.

Give US a choice and we will do what they(government) won't do. Get us off of oil dependence. It is killing America. It is killing the economy. It is killing our military personnel. It is killing democracy. Our own veterans are trying to tell people that----and they are trying to shut them up by not running the ads. It is time we took America back from corporate greed and business as usual. We need to not buy a single vehicle ever again that can only run on petroleum. And we need to make SURE the vehicle manufacturers get the message loud and clear too.

Amateur Video Of Gulf Oil Slick - Worse Than BP Admits
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edit note----{I had first put "Dispersant is not toxic, it is dishwashing liquid and ethanol." However, after reading tbowman131's post---I retract that part. It would appear that the old stand by home brew standard is now sidelined. After reviewing some of the ingredients listed on t-bow's list, I NOW have to change stance. BOTH the oil AND the dispersant are toxic. Sorry for my error----I should have read all the way through t-bow's post before I posted. This does not change my position that this is motivated by PR considerations and not environmental considerations however.}

However, the oil IS toxic. The dispersant allows the oil to mix with the seawater releasing the toxins from the oil, into the water.

By mixing the dispersat with the oil at 5,000 ft. depth, they are hoping it will not reach the surface. The explaination is, that it will not affect birds, fish and marine life on the surface and adjacent wetlands----where it will cause the most damage.

---------" The dispersant has never been tried at such depths before this spill and officials have been 'worried' about the effect on the environment."------

We know more about the moon than we do the deep ocean. We don't even know or have any way to measure the damage this will do. We don't even know what species are living down there yet---let alone what they will be killing off.

I think the only environment BP and EPA officials are worried about is Public Relations environment. The only concern is not allowing the oil to reach the surface where it can be photographed.

Great , supertoxic dispersants AND Oil . Any guess on how many decades it will take the gulf to recover from this , if ever ?

BP, Mother Earth called, she says: FUCK OFF!

The two dispersants in question are Corexit 9500 (known as "dispersant type 1") and Corexit EC9527A (known as “dispersant type 2”). The company that manufactures Corexit, NALCO, has conveniently uploaded factsheets for the two dispersants here (http://bit.ly/99fejp) and here (http://bit.ly/9DOk1C).

According to the fact sheets:

For Corexit 9500:
"Do not get in eyes, on skin, on clothing. Do not take internally. Avoid breathing vapor. Use with adequate ventilation. In case of contact with eyes, rinse immediately with plenty of water and seek medical advice. After contact with skin, wash immediately with plenty of soap and water."
"Component substances have a potential to bioconcentrate."
"No toxicity studies have been conducted on this product."
"If this product becomes a waste, it could meet the criteria of a hazardous waste as defined by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act"
"Our hazard evaluation has found this product to be hazardous."

For Corexit EC9527A:
"Eye and skin irritant. Repeated or excessive exposure to butoxyethanol may cause injury to red blood cells (hemolysis), kidney or the liver. Harmful by inhalation, in contact with skin and if swallowed. Do not get in eyes, on skin, on clothing. Do not take internally. Use with adequate ventilation. Wear suitable protective clothing. Keep container tightly closed. Flush affected area with water."
"Harmful if absorbed through skin"
"Repeated or prolonged exposure may irritate the respiratory tract"
"Excessive exposure may cause central nervous system effects, nausea, vomiting, anesthetic or narcotic effects"
"No toxicity studies have been conducted on this product."
"Based on our hazard characterization, the potential human hazard is: High"
"Our hazard evaluation has found this product to be hazardous"

Wouldn't do much difference. The air in the USA reaks of a toxic rubbish heap anyway.

It baffles the mind how carelessly this whole oil spill business has been handled.

how is it that they never set up a plan to contain oil spills? Im starting to think this was on purpose. Why doesnt anyone care? What are the consequences for us and benefits for them? WTF!

poison on top of poison,..that aught to be good for the environment...good luck fishermen, and people who eat anything out of the gulf

julesrs007: I am with you too. This is nothing less than ecocide. There is no such thing as protection from any agency of this governemnt. They have all been sold to the highest corporate bidders. I was looking at pictures of this and there were pictures of dolphins and other sealife having to swim through this toxic muck...and the toxicity will eventually hit humans. BP and all such companies should be tried for crimes against nature and their CEOs imprisoned. But corporations are not considered to be under the same laws as people, so they get away with it. So in answer to your last question, no, humans on the whole are not worthy of this planet.

I'm with you sister. This shit is infuriating.

THIS JUST GETS WORSE EVERY DAY... TOTAL ECOCIDE.

We are desperate creatures with an insane sense of entitlement.

We are a disgrace to whatever that special thing or spark is that is LIFE.

A disgrace for slowly securing the mass extinction of helpless species as well as our OWN EXTINCTION and CHOOSING NOT to change for due to our own selfishness and greed.

We are willing to destroy our planet and all of the innocent beings we SHARE it with, including each-other (mine and drilling explosions, WAR...) for DIRTY fossil fuels.

WE TAKE HER FOR GRANTED.

WE JUST KEEP TAKING WHILE NEVER GIVING BACK.

WE USE AND ABUSE THE PRECIOUS GIFTS THAT NATURE PROVIDED US WITH... SO I ASK, DO WE REALLY DESERVE PLANET EARTH?