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Monday, 12 July 2010 |
The Last Shrimping Trip with George Barisich
George Barisich Talks T-Shirts
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Thursday, 08 July 2010 |
The BP Oil Spill's Toxic Effects Are
Beginning To Be Seen, Scientist Frustrated By Lack Of Data
Oil/Water samples from
Gulf...VERY TOXIC
This
is a very compelling video from a concerned citizen who decided to take
his own samples of oil found on the beach in Grand Isle, La and have
them tested at a laboratory. In the water portion of the sample the lab
found propylene glycol, an ingredient in Corexit 9500 and Corexit 9527A,
at an estimated concentration of 430 parts per million. Propylene
glycol only makes up 1-5% of the Corexit products, so, if this is indeed
propylene glycol from Corexit then the concentration of Corexit as a
whole is far higher.
According to EPA's latest analysis of
dispersant toxicity released in the document Comparative
Toxicity of Eight Oil Dispersant Products on Two Gulf of Mexico Aquatic
Test Species Corexit 9500 at a concentration of 42 parts per
million killed 50% of the mysid shrimp tested and at a concentration of
130 parts per million killed 50% of the silverside fish tested.
Remember the lab found 430 parts per million of a material that makes up
only 1-5% of the Corexit products. This also does not include the
toxicity of the oil itself or an oil/dispersant mix. Click the image
above to go to the video or go here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq65E7rmO_k
Note: the lab technician refers to propylene glycol by one of its other
names, propane-diol.
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Wednesday, 30 June 2010 |
The
shut down on June 23 of part of the state's dredging operations for
construction of offshore sand berms was treated by Governor Jindal as a
sudden and arbitrary action by federal agencies. (1) But the reality is
somewhat different.
While some media stories conveyed the
impression that the state's entire sand berm plan was approved by the
Corps of Engineers in late May, only six sections of the original
proposal were given a permit. Two sections to the east of the river, on
the upper end of the Chandeleur Island chain, and four sections west of
the river were authorized by the Corps, which described them as
"critical locations where greater immediate benefit is likely to be
achieved with minimal adverse disruption of coastal circulation
patterns." (2)
The Corps Permit specified the source areas for
sand/sediment: Ship Shoal, South Pelto, the Mississippi River Offshore
Disposal Site, and Pass a Loutre for the western sites, and St. Bernard
shoal and Hewes Point for the sites to the east. The location of borrow
and dredge sites at the northern end of the Chandeleur Islands has been
one of the areas of greatest concern. NOAA and other agencies had
pointed out that creating borrow pits or dredging in close proximity to
the islands could cause accelerated erosion and even compromise their
stability, so using a source site a couple of miles away was a
condition of the permit.
Soon after receiving its permit,
however, the state began to voice its intention to source near to the
islands after all, due to a lack of pipe for pumping sand and mud from
a distance. The state said it would replace sand from the dredged site
within a few weeks, but federal agencies agreed to this change with a
much shorter time limit because of the possible effects on the island.
Please click the read more link to view the entire article.
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Sunday, 27 June 2010 |
NIOSH Oil Spill Worker Health Evaluation
Interim Report #1
On
May 28, 2010, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH) received a request from BP for a health hazard evaluation
(HHE). The request asked NIOSH to evaluate potential exposures and
health effects among workers involved in Deepwater Horizon Response
activities. NIOSH sent an initial team of HHE investigators on June 2,
2010, followed by additional teams. To date, 14 HHE investigators have
been on-scene; the investigation is continuing.
 NIOSH Oil Spill Worker Health
Evaluation Interim Report #1 499.20 Kb
This
report (Interim Report #1) includes several discrete components of our
investigation. For each, we provide background, describe our methods,
report the findings, and provide conclusions and, where appropriate,
interim recommendations.
The components included in this report
are as follows:
- 1A - Evaluation of May 26, 2010,
Hospitalization of Seven Fishermen
- 1B - Evaluation of June 4-5,
2010 M/V International Peace/MV Warrior Dispersant Mission
For an excerpt from the report, click the read more link...
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