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Beads, Bands And BP Oil
2014-03-02
Farron Cousins
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On Thursday of last week, workers on Pensacola Beach, Florida spotted and brought to shore a 1,200 pound oil tar mat, which officials say accounted for about 90% of the total size of the mat. While the bulk of the mat was a mixture of sand and other debris, scientists ran tests and were quickly able to determine that the oil in the mat was a perfect match for the oil released into the Gulf of Mexico during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil disaster, as the Pensacola News Journal explains:...
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The public was grossly misled about what it actually means for oil to dissolve. It may not be visible to the eye, but dissolved oil remains in the water just as sugar dissolves in coffee; the chemicals are still there, just not in the concentration or consistency that they were before.
Proof of this dissolution is evident in the marine life abnormalities that are creeping up in the Gulf of Mexico, even in areas in South Florida that were unaffected by the spill.
Gizmodo posted a list of some of the major deformities that were discovered during an Al Jazeera investigation, all of which are attributable to BPs oil:
Shrimp with tumors on their heads
Shrimp with defects on their gills and "shells missing around their gills and head"
Shrimp without eyes
Shrimp with babies still attached to them
Eyeless fish
Fish without eye-sockets
Fish without covers on their gills
Fish with large pink masses hanging off their eyes and gills
Crates of blue crabs, all of which were lacking at least one claw
Crabs with holes in their shells
Crabs with shells that have no spikes or claws or misshapen claws
Crabs that are dying from within
Thats just whats happening to marine life. The workers, and sometimes residents, along the Gulf Coast who were inhaling the toxic mix of oil and Corexit for months have been reporting what is only described as mystery respiratory illnesses.
The irony of the timing is that Louisiana, Alabama and Florida have been spending some of the $57 million tourism promotion fund from BP to help attract visitors to the South during the Mardi Gras celebrations. I guess this latest tar mat is proof that millions of dollars cant hide the truth.
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Beads, Bands And BP Oil
2014-03-02
Farron Cousins
<snip>
On Thursday of last week, workers on Pensacola Beach, Florida spotted and brought to shore a 1,200 pound oil tar mat, which officials say accounted for about 90% of the total size of the mat. While the bulk of the mat was a mixture of sand and other debris, scientists ran tests and were quickly able to determine that the oil in the mat was a perfect match for the oil released into the Gulf of Mexico during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil disaster, as the Pensacola News Journal explains:...
<snip>
The public was grossly misled about what it actually means for oil to dissolve. It may not be visible to the eye, but dissolved oil remains in the water just as sugar dissolves in coffee; the chemicals are still there, just not in the concentration or consistency that they were before.
Proof of this dissolution is evident in the marine life abnormalities that are creeping up in the Gulf of Mexico, even in areas in South Florida that were unaffected by the spill.
Gizmodo posted a list of some of the major deformities that were discovered during an Al Jazeera investigation, all of which are attributable to BPs oil:
Shrimp with tumors on their heads
Shrimp with defects on their gills and "shells missing around their gills and head"
Shrimp without eyes
Shrimp with babies still attached to them
Eyeless fish
Fish without eye-sockets
Fish without covers on their gills
Fish with large pink masses hanging off their eyes and gills
Crates of blue crabs, all of which were lacking at least one claw
Crabs with holes in their shells
Crabs with shells that have no spikes or claws or misshapen claws
Crabs that are dying from within
Thats just whats happening to marine life. The workers, and sometimes residents, along the Gulf Coast who were inhaling the toxic mix of oil and Corexit for months have been reporting what is only described as mystery respiratory illnesses.
The irony of the timing is that Louisiana, Alabama and Florida have been spending some of the $57 million tourism promotion fund from BP to help attract visitors to the South during the Mardi Gras celebrations. I guess this latest tar mat is proof that millions of dollars cant hide the truth.
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