Oil And Dispersant Mix Is Making Its Way Into The Foodchain "Effects could be profound"

[flamingdem]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/29/scientists-find-evidence_n_664298.html

Excerpt from below:

But the answer is clear: In part due to the1.8 million gallons of dispersant that BP used, a lot of the estimated 200 million or more gallons of oil that spewed out of the blown well remains under the surface of the Gulf in plumes of tiny toxic droplets. And it's short- and long-term effects could be profound.

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Scientists have found signs of an oil-and-dispersant mix under the shells of tiny blue crab larvae in the Gulf of Mexico, the first clear indication that the unprecedented use of dispersants in the BP oil spill has broken up the oil into toxic droplets so tiny that they can easily enter the foodchain.

Marine biologists started finding orange blobs under the translucent shells of crab larvae in May, and have continued to find them "in almost all" of the larvae they collect, all the way from Grand Isle, Louisiana, to Pensacola, Fla. -- more than 300 miles of coastline -- said Harriet Perry, a biologist with the University of Southern Mississippi's Gulf Coast Research Laboratory.

And now, a team of researchers from Tulane University using infrared spectrometry to determine the chemical makeup of the blobs has detected the signature for Corexit, the dispersant BP used so widely in the Deepwater Horizon

"It does appear that there is a Corexit sort of fingerprint in the blob samples that we ran," Erin Gray, a Tulane biologist, told the Huffington Post Thursday. Two independent tests are being run to confirm those findings, "so don't say that we're 100 percent sure yet," Gray said.

"The chemistry test is still not completely conclusive," said Tulane biology professor Caz Taylor, the team's leader. "But that seems the most likely thing."

With BP's well possibly capped for good, and the surface slick shrinking, some observers of the Gulf disaster are starting to let down their guard, with some journalists even asking: Where is the oil?

But the answer is clear: In part due to the1.8 million gallons of dispersant that BP used, a lot of the estimated 200 million or more gallons of oil that spewed out of the blown well remains under the surface of the Gulf in plumes of tiny toxic droplets. And it's short- and long-term effects could be profound.

[flamingdem]

1. This is not about critisizing Obama, it's about recognizing that BP is capable

of mass manipulation and that we are all subject to the incomplete knowledge of scientists.

[golddigger]

12. Sorry, it is also about the WH

capable of mass manipulation. To send someone out to say that 75% of the oil is gone is criminal.

[earth mom]

2. Meanwhile, the powers that be are TRYING TO COVER IT ALL UP!

Wake up people! The powers that be don't give a damn about you!

BP DID poison and kill the ocean and wildlife! That is a FACT!!!

If you live in that area, YOU are next!

[happy_liberal]

8. the scary thing is...if they get away with this...what will they do to us next?

Every time they get away with something, they become more evil and brazen...JFK...9/11...

[earth mom]

9. Exactly. Katrina should have woke everyone up since it happened in plain sight for all to see.

With JFK and 9/11-they were able to cover their tracks and spread the disinfo far and wide.

But with Katrina and now with the BP gusher, we can all see for ourselves what the truth is.

We can NOT and should NOT stand by and let them try to cover this up!


If we do, what will they do to us NEXT is a very good and very scary question! :scared:

[quinnox]

3. No, everything is fine! Time to party!

All the potential long term damage is already known, and its not possible that anything bad can happen from all those millions of gallons of oil and chemicals hanging around under the water where we can't see it...

Woo hoo, all is well !!! (sarcasm)

[flyarm]

4. but but but , the MSM reported this morning the WH says 75% of oil is gone!!

woo hooo..:sarcasm: :woohoo: :sarcasm: :woohoo:


I do not believe a frigging word the WH or BP says! Not a damn word !

[TheKentuckian]

5. Oil all go poof. No worry be happy!

[TheKentuckian]

6. Oil all go poof. No worry be happy!

[K Gardner]

7. My head nearly exploded when I read this "comment" on the Facebook page of

a friend who had posted an article on "Photos they don't want you to see of dead/dying wildlife in the Gulf". The comment read:

"the largest oil polluter in the ocean is the earth itself. Fissures open up on the sea floor often. The oil is dispersed by the salt water and the constant movement of the water. Remember, oil is a natural supstance - not a man made one.... Everyone I have spoken to over the past 2 months that has been to the area has said they have seen NO oil. Don't fret. It has already begun its natural dispersement. I know it was a sad situation, but where would we be without oil. Even a simple mechanical device - like a horse drawn carriage - needs oil to operate. Don't believe al the hype. (name removed) wouild be displeased with us if we did not remember our science classes. carry on. ok, yea, that was my lecture for today."

Yes.. evidently people ARE really that stupid.

[Cetacea]

10. Part of the "natural dispersemant"?

Yeah, they really are that stupid.

[Kurovski]

11. K&R. (nt)