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Mahogany Tide: Toxic plankton invades Mobile Bay — Known to cause death and illness in humans after consuming poisoned shellfish (PHOTOS)

March 4th, 2011 at 08:28 AM

Mobile Bay, Mobile, Alabama, Kathy Looney, March 3, 2011:

This morning I spoke with Mark O. ... Read more >>

Fox News Flashback: Workers stripped naked and scrubbed down by man in space suit — Yet cleanup crews couldn’t wear respirators (VIDEO)

January 17th, 2011 at 05:19 PM

Gulf Oil Spill Workers Reporting Illness, June 22, 2010: Dr. Manny Alvarez investigates health impact of chemical exposure ... Read more >>

Paper: Blood tests “show a connection between reported illnesses and crude oil released from BP” — They are the “canary in the coal mine”

January 13th, 2011 at 10:39 AM

"Test results from blood drawn among residents and workers along the Gulf coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama show a connection between reported illnesses and crude oil released from BP Deepwater Horizon explosion" ... Read more >>

Experts: What to do if you've been made ill by exposure to the oil disaster

January 13th, 2011 at 07:24 AM

Ill workers’ blood shows link to BP crude oil, Tri-Parish Times, January 13, 2011:

[Wilma Subra, ... Read more >>

“Caustic chemical burns”: Workers pressure wash heavily oiled boats with NO respirators… While using a "toxic" cleaning agent — Valdez Part 2? (PHOTO & VIDEO)

January 12th, 2011 at 09:09 AM

"After a decade battling odd illnesses, some spill workers have concluded Exxon's health claims were wrong, and two dozen have filed suit. They think the oil they cleaned up, the oil mist they breathed, and the chemical cleaners they handled made them sick and may be slowly killing them." ... Read more >>

46 ppm of toxic parts of crude oil found in jellyfish eaten by bottlenose dolphins

December 9th, 2010 at 08:44 PM

NEW TEST RESULTS: Sea Nettles – A Common Food for Bottlenose Dolphins – Contaminated with ... Read more >>

Dispersant use contaminates volume of water with up to 1,000 more PAHs -- What's worse? These toxic parts of oil remain longest

November 11th, 2010 at 11:48 AM

"This idea that there's an oil biodegradation rate doesn't hold," says Ronald Atlas, a microbiologist at the University of Louisville, Kentucky, who has studied the aftermath of the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska. ... Read more >>

Oil under sand still just "as toxic as the fresh oil": Sample "had to be diluted 20 TIMES to get a reading" -- Florida agency says SAME sample NOT toxic

November 11th, 2010 at 09:05 AM

"The crude has very high danger levels of petroleum organics and is not safe for the public to be exposed to." ... Read more >>

FL Fisherman: "Like having a chemical dump site and not telling anyone" -- "Oh no, I'm cleaning flounders right now that I just caught within eyesight of there"

November 11th, 2010 at 08:22 AM

Angler Mark Fuqua was shocked to find out on Tuesday that there still was that much oil out in the bay, especially near one of his favorite fishing holes. ... Read more >>

BP (British Parliament) report says Corexit 9500A “among the MOST CYTOTOXIC” dispersants studied -- "Major concerns by lead scientists"

October 26th, 2010 at 07:26 AM

UK Deepwater Drilling – implications of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, UK Parliament, Commons ... 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 >>

Oil Spill Commission report: Evidence indicates "ionic surfactant" in Corexit 9527 & 9500 "inhibits biodegradation"; "Dispersants and dispersed oil are typically more toxic than oil"

October 8th, 2010 at 01:27 PM

Reports Detail Confusion During Oil Disaster, Courthouse News Service, October 8, 2010:

"[D]ispersants and dispersed oil ... Read more >>

Toxic PAHs "have a shelf life of up to 50 YEARS"

October 3rd, 2010 at 02:30 PM

Measuring number of dead ducks caused by oil spill proves difficulty, Times-Picayune, October 03, 2010:

Some ... Read more >>

BP workers: We were sprayed with dispersant at night by plane with no lights... now skin lesions, fluid in lungs -- "We just want medical help" (VIDEO)

October 1st, 2010 at 05:22 PM

Interview with anonymous BP cleanup worker, GRC Radio (South Carolina), September 30, 2010:

Transcript Summary

Airplanes spraying ... Read more >>

"Largest PAH change I've seen" in career -- Almost all of most toxic compounds showed a 4000% increase "of what would enter into an organism"

September 30th, 2010 at 06:59 PM

An update on the increase in Gulf PAH levels by up to 4000% via Dan ... Read more >>

Researchers find up to "40-fold increase" of "toxic" PAHs while sampling air and water along 400 miles of Gulf -- Entire month of data lost after device "disappeared"

September 30th, 2010 at 04:09 PM

OSU Researchers find heightened levels of known carcinogens in Gulf, Oregon State University website, September ... Read more >>

Like an "Acid Cloud": Entire family sickened -- 10 y/o son's nose "gushing blood everywhere", daughter "could not breath"... NUMBNESS (VIDEO)

September 27th, 2010 at 03:56 PM

Interview with Lorrie Williams of Ocean Springs MS, GRC Radio (South Carolina), September 24, 2010:

Transcript ... Read more >>

ALL KINDS of sea birds PARALYZED and DEAD near SARASOTA, FL — Doctors raise DISPERSANT… Close by where 173 ppm oil found in sand (VIDEO)

September 24th, 2010 at 02:22 PM

Dead swans waking up Southwest Florida news rooms? Now asking asking "could it mean the ... Read more >>

State: Corexit 9527A ingredient 2-butoxyethanol “should be handled as a CARCINOGEN with EXTREME CAUTION” — NO safe level of exposure say scientists (IMAGE)

September 24th, 2010 at 12:29 PM

BP's Corexit 9527A, used to disperse the oil, contains between 30-60% 2-butoxyethanol

Hazardous Substance Fact Sheet ... 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:

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

“50,000 workers and others exposed during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill” — “Leukemia, multiple myeloma, and melanoma are of particular interest”

September 21st, 2010 at 05:52 PM

Lessons for Study of the Health Effects of Oil Spills, Annals of Internal Medicine (American ... Read more >>

BP crew member diagnosed with “benzene poisoning” — “Paw Paw why you gonna die?” asks crying 5 year old (VIDEO)

September 21st, 2010 at 12:34 PM

See earlier article here: BP cleanup worker, age 35: “GRAVELY ILL” from “BENZENE” exposure, ... Read more >>

ALERT: BP-funded scientist admits oiled areas treated with DISPERSANTS HAVE STILL NOT RECOVERED AFTER 30 YEARS – Untreated areas OK in FIVE YEARS (VIDEO)

September 21st, 2010 at 10:49 AM

Mircrobial Ecologist Terry Hazen, who claims microbes have eaten away BP's undersea plumes of hydrocarbons, ... Read more >>

BP cleanup worker, age 35: “GRAVELY ILL” from “BENZENE” exposure, doctors say medication required to “survive” — Needs help to bathe and dress

September 21st, 2010 at 07:22 AM

Illness from spill unknown still, Houma Today, September 19, 2010:

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The 5-year-old [said] “... At night, ... Read more >>

“Cancer-causing” tar balls can “work their way up the food chain” to humans via tuna, mahi mahi, wahoo

September 20th, 2010 at 10:34 PM

Scientists monitor crucial seaweed for tar, Sarasota Herald, September 12, 2010:

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The cancer-causing hydrocarbons in tar ... Read more >>

BP cleanup workers “getting RASHES and STUFF LIKE THAT” reveals former crew member — Feds “will study crews’ exposure to oil and dispersants” (VIDEO)

September 20th, 2010 at 07:40 PM

Keeping BP workers out of harms way, WEAR-TV, Friday, September 10 2010:

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Solo Courtney worked ... Read more >>

DISPERSED OIL accumulates in menhaden fish found during massive kills, “MOST LIKELY” going to be “FATAL” — Filter feeder’s mouth “ringed with oil-like chocolate”

September 20th, 2010 at 01:01 PM

Oil dispersants a threat to Gulf breeding grounds, fishery experts say, Palm Beach Post, July ... Read more >>

Fed-funded Gulf researcher: Bacteria activated by oil can “release the toxic metals” — “SOLID ARSENIC can be dissolved” then “transferred up the food chain” to humans

September 19th, 2010 at 06:03 PM

Auburn University researchers receive funds to investigate effects of oil spill, Auburn Plainsman, September 9, ... Read more >>

Senior EPA Analyst: All the people that live and work around Gulf are “human guinea pigs” because of “acutely toxic” dispersants (VIDEO)

September 19th, 2010 at 04:56 PM

Is the oil spill clean-up dangerous?, France 24, September 17, 2010:

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Hugh Kaufman, senior analyst with ... Read more >>

EPA employee: “Many of the health effects that we hear occurring… is that there was internal hemorrhaging and bleeding from orifices” (VIDEO)

September 19th, 2010 at 01:37 PM

Is the oil spill clean-up dangerous?, France 24, September 17, 2010:

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Hugh Kaufman, senior analyst with ... Read more >>

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Mahogany Tide: Toxic plankton invades Mobile Bay — Known to cause death and illness in humans after consuming poisoned shellfish (PHOTOS)

Fox News Flashback: Workers stripped naked and scrubbed down by man in space suit — Yet cleanup crews couldn’t wear respirators (VIDEO)

Paper: Blood tests “show a connection between reported illnesses and crude oil released from BP” — They are the “canary in the coal mine”

Experts: What to do if you've been made ill by exposure to the oil disaster

“Caustic chemical burns”: Workers pressure wash heavily oiled boats with NO respirators… While using a "toxic" cleaning agent — Valdez Part 2? (PHOTO & VIDEO)

46 ppm of toxic parts of crude oil found in jellyfish eaten by bottlenose dolphins

Dispersant use contaminates volume of water with up to 1,000 more PAHs -- What's worse? These toxic parts of oil remain longest

Oil under sand still just "as toxic as the fresh oil": Sample "had to be diluted 20 TIMES to get a reading" -- Florida agency says SAME sample NOT toxic

FL Fisherman: "Like having a chemical dump site and not telling anyone" -- "Oh no, I'm cleaning flounders right now that I just caught within eyesight of there"

BP (British Parliament) report says Corexit 9500A “among the MOST CYTOTOXIC” dispersants studied -- "Major concerns by lead scientists"

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

Oil Spill Commission report: Evidence indicates "ionic surfactant" in Corexit 9527 & 9500 "inhibits biodegradation"; "Dispersants and dispersed oil are typically more toxic than oil"

Toxic PAHs "have a shelf life of up to 50 YEARS"

BP workers: We were sprayed with dispersant at night by plane with no lights... now skin lesions, fluid in lungs -- "We just want medical help" (VIDEO)

"Largest PAH change I've seen" in career -- Almost all of most toxic compounds showed a 4000% increase "of what would enter into an organism"

Researchers find up to "40-fold increase" of "toxic" PAHs while sampling air and water along 400 miles of Gulf -- Entire month of data lost after device "disappeared"

Like an "Acid Cloud": Entire family sickened -- 10 y/o son's nose "gushing blood everywhere", daughter "could not breath"... NUMBNESS (VIDEO)

ALL KINDS of sea birds PARALYZED and DEAD near SARASOTA, FL — Doctors raise DISPERSANT… Close by where 173 ppm oil found in sand (VIDEO)

State: Corexit 9527A ingredient 2-butoxyethanol “should be handled as a CARCINOGEN with EXTREME CAUTION” — NO safe level of exposure say scientists (IMAGE)

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)

“50,000 workers and others exposed during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill” — “Leukemia, multiple myeloma, and melanoma are of particular interest”

BP crew member diagnosed with “benzene poisoning” — “Paw Paw why you gonna die?” asks crying 5 year old (VIDEO)

ALERT: BP-funded scientist admits oiled areas treated with DISPERSANTS HAVE STILL NOT RECOVERED AFTER 30 YEARS – Untreated areas OK in FIVE YEARS (VIDEO)

BP cleanup worker, age 35: “GRAVELY ILL” from “BENZENE” exposure, doctors say medication required to “survive” — Needs help to bathe and dress

“Cancer-causing” tar balls can “work their way up the food chain” to humans via tuna, mahi mahi, wahoo

BP cleanup workers “getting RASHES and STUFF LIKE THAT” reveals former crew member — Feds “will study crews’ exposure to oil and dispersants” (VIDEO)

DISPERSED OIL accumulates in menhaden fish found during massive kills, “MOST LIKELY” going to be “FATAL” — Filter feeder’s mouth “ringed with oil-like chocolate”

Fed-funded Gulf researcher: Bacteria activated by oil can “release the toxic metals” — “SOLID ARSENIC can be dissolved” then “transferred up the food chain” to humans

Senior EPA Analyst: All the people that live and work around Gulf are “human guinea pigs” because of “acutely toxic” dispersants (VIDEO)

EPA employee: “Many of the health effects that we hear occurring… is that there was internal hemorrhaging and bleeding from orifices” (VIDEO)

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