Friday, June 18, 2010

Is Using Dispersants on the BP Gulf Oil Spill Fighting Pollution with Pollution?

[Comment:  Workers have already reported illnes, which was dismissed as "food poisoning", but now some have been said to have toxicant induced loss of tolerance, another name for multiple chemical sensitivity.  Workers were told they did not need respiratory protection.  This is simply irresponsible!]
 
Is Using Dispersants on the BP Gulf Oil Spill Fighting Pollution with Pollution?
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=is-using-dispersants-fighting-pollution-with-pollution

"It remains unclear what impact chemical dispersants will have on sea life--and only the massive, uncontrolled experiment being run in the Gulf of Mexico will tell

AERIAL ASSAULT: Some 3.5 million liters of dispersants were applied to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, including spraying from aircraft like this U.S. Air Force C-130 on May 5."

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