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 >>

14 comments - (Comments are closed)   Dispersant/Corexit, Inland Impact   , , , ,  

NOAA Study: Massive plumes of aerosolized oil “likely posed a health threat” — Problems range from aggravated asthma to premature death

March 10th, 2011 at 03:58 PM

“These concentrations were high” – Joost de Gouw, a research scientist with NOAA’s Earth System Research Laboratory … Read more >>

3 comments - (Comments are closed)   Air Quality, Airborne Oil, Federal Gov't, Human Health, NOAA, Respiratory   , , , ,  

NASA oil spill scientist: “I know there were clouds filled with hydrocarbons” — Discusses “Gulf Coast Health Syndrome”

March 8th, 2011 at 06:03 PM

Excerpts from Jerry Cope’s interview with Ira Leifer, Ph.D, the Chief Mission Coordinating Scientist on the NASA remote sensing mission to the BP oil spill in the Gulf Of Mexico … Read more >>

10 comments - (Comments are closed)   Airborne Oil, Human Health   , , ,  

Report: Oil blowing inland after heavy ‘cleanup’ equipment and sifters grind it into fine bits — “A most alarming development” (PHOTOS)

February 10th, 2011 at 06:45 AM

Ft. Morgan 2-3 mile marker oil update, SkyTruth Gulf Oil Spill Tracker, February 9, 2011:

Our … Read more >>

2 comments - (Comments are closed)   Beaches, Cleanup, Inland Impact   , , , ,  

“A huge number of people on the coast were exposed to this aerosol” of oil and Corexit says chemist

November 5th, 2010 at 06:59 PM

“Coastal residents not involved in the cleanup have also been sickened by the oil and dispersants” … Read more >>

10 comments - (Comments are closed)   Air Quality, Airborne Oil, Chemicals, Human Health   ,  

NOT a Valdez Flashback — Happening NOW: Workers pressure washing rocks along Alabama jetty with hot water

September 16th, 2010 at 05:55 PM

Workers clean oil from Perdido Pass jetties, Press-Register, September 10, 2010:

Crews cleaned oil from the … Read more >>

One comment - (Comments are closed)   Cleanup   , , , ,  

Today “marks the beginning of the peak of the hurricane season in the Gulf of Mexico” — “Tropical weather activity generally does not subside until late October”

September 10th, 2010 at 05:09 AM

The Peak Of The Hurricane Season Is Here, Cattle Network, September 9, 2010:

Excerpts

[T]his week marks … Read more >>

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“OIL WAS APPARENTLY AIRBORNE” says city-employed geologist — Reports of “oily brown substance” on people and objects; Impacted area stretches for miles (PHOTO & AUDIO)

September 3rd, 2010 at 05:30 AM

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Listen at 9:00 a.m. to Morning Edition’s report ‘Gulf Communities Investigate Spill’s Oily Residue‘.

Morning Edition … Read more >>

4 comments - (Comments are closed)   Air Quality, Airborne Oil, Beaches, MUST READ   , , ,  

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