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Newswire: Dispersants Used by BP in Gulf Linked to Cancer -- "Illnesses we observed were quite unique and different from anything that I had ever witnessed" says doc

August 26th, 2011 at 06:59 PM

Dispersants Used in BP Gulf Oil Spill Linked to Cancer, ENS, August 26, 2011:

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BP must compensate residents and boat crews harmed by Corexit, a new lawsuit claims

April 1st, 2011 at 09:19 PM

BP hit by health claims over Gulf of Mexico clean-up, Telegraph, March 31, 2011 ... Read more >>

Paper: Cranes sprayed huge clouds of dispersant — Mist went up to 100 miles inland

March 31st, 2011 at 10:11 AM

We need answers about dispersants used on BP spill, The Advertiser (Lafayette), March 31, 2011 ... Read more >>

Dispersants harmed Gulf residents and cleanup crews, lawyers say -- Diseases can appear months or years later

March 30th, 2011 at 06:07 PM

Bloomberg, March 30, 2011 at 4:31 pm EDT ... Read more >>

Physician on Corexit: Ethylene glycol is antifreeze, Methanol is wood alcohol — 10 CCs blinds you, 30 CCs kills you

March 22nd, 2011 at 05:27 PM

Louisiana doctor suspects patients' ill health caused by spill, WWL, March 22, 2011 at 9:13 am EDT ... Read more >>

Team of scientific divers sickened after wearing full wet suits in Gulf — Bleeding from eyes, blood in stool

March 11th, 2011 at 06:25 PM

"We were told it was safe to dive offshore but about the end of July, one of us started to show unusual symptoms and quit diving by mid-August. Then another member became sick in late September and we all stopped diving. Our last dive was October 12th 2010" ... Read more >>

Air Force gives special award to unit for spraying Corexit — “It’s something that just doesn’t happen” says spokesman

March 6th, 2011 at 09:46 AM

910th Airlift Wing receives Air Force award, Tribune Chronicle (Warren, OH), March 6, 2011:
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Cold or HOT water could be to blame for ‘abortion storm’ says leading newspaper reporting on dolphin deaths — Calls Corexit “nontoxic”

March 6th, 2011 at 07:36 AM

Dolphin mystery just one piece of oil-spill puzzle, Sun Herald, March 5, 2011:

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Dispersed oil “everywhere” on Pensacola Beach — Not where is the oil… BUT WHERE IS IT NOT (VIDEO)

March 5th, 2011 at 07:39 PM

Surfrider Foundation: BP Oil Disaster UV Testing Program, bluemountainsurfer, February 28, 2011:

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“We’re still in for major impacts” -- Not safe to eat, drink, fish or walk around (VIDEO)

March 2nd, 2011 at 06:36 PM

This is the largest single environmental disaster in the world says chemist who analyzed Corexit for Exxon/Mobil ... Read more >>

Cleanup worker "directly sprayed" multiple times with Corexit, family swam in water — Now many health problems (VIDEO)

February 27th, 2011 at 09:07 PM

In Discussion with David Gibbons, February 25, 2011:

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Researcher on Corexit: “I have heard that ammonium sulfate was added to the dispersant” — Product of sulfuric acid and ammonia

February 27th, 2011 at 03:27 PM

Live @ AAAS - Samantha Joye on BP Oilspill Impact (Transcript), Science Mag, February 21, ... Read more >>

Research Tests: Corexit is reponsible for most volatile compounds that cleanup workers were exposed to — “Very interesting” (VIDEO)

February 21st, 2011 at 04:12 PM

Toxic Tide - Discovering the Health Effects of the Deepwater Disaster, Part 2, Living on ... Read more >>

Florida officials restart testing for Corexit and hydrocarbons after taking the last 6 months off

February 18th, 2011 at 09:31 AM

Surfriders team up with researchers as DEP resumes testing for oil, dispersants, Walton Sun, February ... Read more >>

Reporter: "Ninety percent of the oil from the spill hasn't even made it to the top" -- "In no way is this over"

February 18th, 2011 at 06:51 AM

Journalist discusses BP oil spill, Gulf aftermath, Charleston Gazette, February 17, 2011:

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Louisiana Official: Up to 4 million gallons of dispersants have been used in Gulf as of Feb. 1

February 14th, 2011 at 04:13 PM

LA STATE SENATOR DEMANDS STOPPAGE OF TOXIC CHEMICALS IN THE GULF OIL CLEAN UP, BP ... Read more >>

Oil leaking 10 miles from BP’s blowout: PHOTO of “a crew boat appears to be spraying dispersant” — Relief wells being drilled

February 14th, 2011 at 11:39 AM

Gulf oil wells 10 miles from Deepwater Horizon site leaking since 2004, Press Register, February ... Read more >>

Riki Ott: Dispersants and genetically engineered bacteria are still in use — “We need cease & desist orders across the Gulf” (VIDEO)

February 13th, 2011 at 01:48 PM

Why are so many people in the Gulf region getting sick?, Your Call with Rose ... Read more >>

Recent testing finds tar balls contain 93% Corexit and watery goop, only 7% oil says chemist

February 10th, 2011 at 07:56 AM

Private Seafood Tests Uncover Toxins Missed By Feds, Susan Buchanan for the Huffington Post, February ... Read more >>

Chemist: Dispersant was found in self-contained fish pond 1/2 mile from Alabama coast; All fish died -- Owner drained, restocked pond and second batch of fish died

February 10th, 2011 at 05:43 AM

Private Seafood Tests Uncover Toxins Missed By Feds, Susan Buchanan for the Huffington Post, February ... Read more >>

LSU doctor concerned that Corexit chemical reaction to bring about 'fetal alcohol syndrome' in pregnant women (VIDEO)

February 8th, 2011 at 04:18 AM

Benzene not limited to crude exposure, Fox 8 New Orleans, February 7, 2011:

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Dead pelican found floating in foam that had tested positive for Corexit and oil (PHOTOS)

February 7th, 2011 at 09:45 AM

God Bless you MY Friends, Lorrie Williams, February 5, 2011:

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Avatar’s James Cameron on BP Oil Disaster: Public is being hoodwinked -- “It’s not done” (VIDEO)

February 7th, 2011 at 06:59 AM

EXCLUSIVE Interview with James Cameron about the BP Oil spill. The Gulf Is not Clean!!, ... Read more >>

Oil disaster’s health effects “will be felt for GENERATIONS” warns scientist (VIDEOS)

February 6th, 2011 at 09:59 AM

BP oil spill's health effects will be felt for generations, scientist warns, The Times-Picayune, February ... Read more >>

Column: Corexit 9500 is most obvious suspect in recent massive animal deaths

February 2nd, 2011 at 08:39 AM

Column: Media cover-up, fishy sources in abnormal incidents after oil spill, Channels Online (Santa Barbara ... Read more >>

“They’re finding all kind of freakin’ dispersant in the water” says fisherman

January 31st, 2011 at 12:28 PM

For bayou Indians, spill threatens a way of life, Associated Press, January 31, 2011:

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'First' Dispersant Study Funded by Feds: The Corexit “did NOT degrade”… “It didn’t go away” — May not have even broken up the oil

January 26th, 2011 at 04:27 PM

News Release : First Study of Dispersants in Gulf Spill Suggests a Prolonged Deepwater Fate, ... Read more >>

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