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EPA ship just beginning to monitor Gulf for oil, results could take a year -- Florida Keys, Miami and Atlantic Coast next

March 28th, 2011 at 03:05 PM

Vessel will set sail today after testing for Gulf oil, Pensacola News Journal, March 28, 2011 ... Read more >>

“It’s not stopping” -- “The levels we are seeing are not dropping, and we’re seeing NEW chemicals now”

March 11th, 2011 at 06:19 AM

"We gave some of our blood test results to [EPA head] Lisa Jackson. They know what is going on, and they are not doing anything about it" ... Read more >>

New York Times article shows why public might want to think twice before trusting the E.P.A.

March 3rd, 2011 at 07:02 PM

Politics Seen to Limit E.P.A. in Regulation of Natural Gas, Ian Urbina for the New ... Read more >>

Tests of Gulf oysters show carcinogenic heavy metal at 150-200 above times the safe level set by EPA

February 9th, 2011 at 09:42 AM

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

Bow to BP: Feds will cut estimate of size of oil ‘spill’ according to EPA source

January 31st, 2011 at 06:52 AM

U.S. likely to cut estimate of BP oil spill size, Market Watch (Wall Street Journal), ... Read more >>

“We keep seeing this foam coming in just about everyday” — “They keep spraying” dispersant says Emergency Operations Center worker

December 9th, 2010 at 08:22 PM

Environmental Protection Agency?, Dahr Jamail, December 6, 2010:
Residents in Mississippi and Louisiana told Al Jazeera ... Read more >>

Memo: "EPA agrees that the ultimate message to the public will likely be that the oil was successfully dispersed with chemical dispersants"

November 25th, 2010 at 03:44 PM

E-mails show struggle to guess size of Gulf spill, The Associated Press, November 25, 2010

An ... Read more >>

EPA says oil burns not cancer-causing, similar to smoke from woodstoves — Authors of EPA study express “concerns” about adequacy of sampling

November 12th, 2010 at 04:59 PM

The total amount of carbon collected in the four days of sampling "was less than that desired for a single sample... and the sole sample from the field was short of the targeted number of three samples for the campaign." ... Read more >>

EPA administrator's 'task force' not dealing with health issues, "only restoring the coast itself" (VIDEO)

November 9th, 2010 at 06:15 AM

Jackson: "The task force isn't organized or authorized to deal with health issues per se." ... Read more >>

EPA employee: FDA, NOAA revealed "they are doing a cover up" when testing for Corexit

November 4th, 2010 at 01:20 PM

"They told you they are doing a cover up, how they are doing the cover up, and notwithstanding that, they still have some positive results for chemicals." - Hugh Kaufman, Sr. EPA Analyst ... Read more >>

EPA “BP Spill” testing across Gulf finds highest amount of heavy metal in Florida bays — Raises “Level of Concern” (Lab Results)

November 1st, 2010 at 12:50 PM

Sediment samples taken near Apalachicola Bay and Destin contained vanadium at levels high enough for the EPA to raise its level of concern. ... Read more >>

EPA says Corexit is "perfectly safe" -- Compares dispersant to Klondike Bar (VIDEO)

October 8th, 2010 at 01:54 PM

BP "Scientist For A Day" Susan Felio-Price Explains Gov. Correlation of Klondike Bars and Corexit, ... Read more >>

Dispersant-aided biodegradation may cause “a different ecosystem” to grow in Gulf says EPA administrator (VIDEO)

September 29th, 2010 at 08:24 AM

National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, September 27, 2010:

Transcript ... Read more >>

Head of EPA says that using dispersants in the Gulf was a "VERY EVIL" situation (VIDEO)

September 28th, 2010 at 06:00 PM

National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, September 27, 2010:

Transcript ... Read more >>

RED ZONE: Latest EPA tests show heavy metal in Lake Borgne near New Orleans at HIGHEST level of concern — “Elevated potential for mortality” (LAB RESULTS)

September 23rd, 2010 at 07:26 PM

EPA's Coastal Sediment Sampling:

Excerpts

EPA's sediment samples collected... September 9-12... along the Gulf coast found... ... Read more >>

How Feds can say that NO Corexit found nearshore: EPA SETS DISPERSANT SCREENING LEVEL at 750 ppm! (VIDEO)

August 28th, 2010 at 01:48 PM

City of Orange Beach AL officials discuss testing for petroleum based hydrocarbons and components of ... Read more >>

EPA data: Cumulative amount of Hydrogen Sulfide UP 800 PERCENT in Buras, Louisiana since well was ‘capped’ on July 15

August 24th, 2010 at 08:27 AM

Hourly readings in last day have averaged 15-20 times above the EPA's "safe exposure level" ... Read more >>

EXPOSED: Feds testing WRONG oil EPA admits NOT using the thick, black crude from BP’s blowout for tests — Light, sweet crude used instead (VIDEO)

August 20th, 2010 at 07:23 AM

Gulf Oil Spill and Seafood Safety Government Panel, House Committee Energy & Commerce, Energy and ... Read more >>

Oiled beaches stay open as Florida waits for EPA to say if a health risk, “I don’t know why the EPA has waited this long” says local health director

July 6th, 2010 at 01:14 AM

Defying warnings, swimmers still take to oiled Gulf waters, Miami Herald, July 4, 2010:

[Director of ... Read more >>

EPA Flashback: If “oil floats around much longer” it will emulsify and be “almost impossible to clean up”

June 13th, 2010 at 04:56 AM

Oil officials hope dispersants will dilute the spill, Anchorage Daily News, March 26, 1989:

Every ... Read more >>

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EPA ship just beginning to monitor Gulf for oil, results could take a year -- Florida Keys, Miami and Atlantic Coast next

“It’s not stopping” -- “The levels we are seeing are not dropping, and we’re seeing NEW chemicals now”

New York Times article shows why public might want to think twice before trusting the E.P.A.

Tests of Gulf oysters show carcinogenic heavy metal at 150-200 above times the safe level set by EPA

Bow to BP: Feds will cut estimate of size of oil ‘spill’ according to EPA source

“We keep seeing this foam coming in just about everyday” — “They keep spraying” dispersant says Emergency Operations Center worker

Memo: "EPA agrees that the ultimate message to the public will likely be that the oil was successfully dispersed with chemical dispersants"

EPA says oil burns not cancer-causing, similar to smoke from woodstoves — Authors of EPA study express “concerns” about adequacy of sampling

EPA administrator's 'task force' not dealing with health issues, "only restoring the coast itself" (VIDEO)

EPA employee: FDA, NOAA revealed "they are doing a cover up" when testing for Corexit

EPA “BP Spill” testing across Gulf finds highest amount of heavy metal in Florida bays — Raises “Level of Concern” (Lab Results)

EPA says Corexit is "perfectly safe" -- Compares dispersant to Klondike Bar (VIDEO)

Dispersant-aided biodegradation may cause “a different ecosystem” to grow in Gulf says EPA administrator (VIDEO)

Head of EPA says that using dispersants in the Gulf was a "VERY EVIL" situation (VIDEO)

RED ZONE: Latest EPA tests show heavy metal in Lake Borgne near New Orleans at HIGHEST level of concern — “Elevated potential for mortality” (LAB RESULTS)

How Feds can say that NO Corexit found nearshore: EPA SETS DISPERSANT SCREENING LEVEL at 750 ppm! (VIDEO)

EPA data: Cumulative amount of Hydrogen Sulfide UP 800 PERCENT in Buras, Louisiana since well was ‘capped’ on July 15

EXPOSED: Feds testing WRONG oil EPA admits NOT using the thick, black crude from BP’s blowout for tests — Light, sweet crude used instead (VIDEO)

Senator says EPA approval of Corexit “unprecedented”; Agency had never tested dispersant

CNN mocks EPA testing dispersant toxicity on just TWO species, “Data we’re reporting today is only one piece” (VIDEOS)

Until today, EPA only conducted “toxicity tests of the dispersant product ALONE – NOT mixed with oil”

EPA’s Kaufman: Oil is going to be in Gulf for DECADES because of dispersants (VIDEO)

EPA insider: Feds would not listen to data from EPA toxicologists about dangers of dispersants, let BP lead (VIDEO)

ALERT Senior EPA Analyst: Feds think public can’t HANDLE THE TRUTH about toxic dispersants (VIDEO)

Oiled beaches stay open as Florida waits for EPA to say if a health risk, “I don’t know why the EPA has waited this long” says local health director

EPA Flashback: If “oil floats around much longer” it will emulsify and be “almost impossible to clean up”

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