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Gulf Chemist: Mercenaries Hired By BP Are Now Applying Toxic Dispersant - at Night and In an Uncontrolled Manner - Which BP Says It No Longer Uses
Bob Naman is an analytical chemist with almost 30 years in the field, based in Mobile, Alabama.
When WKRG News 5 gave Naman samples of water from the Gulf of Mexico, Naman found
oil contamination, and one of his samples actually exploded during
testing due - he believes - to the presence of methane gas or Corexit,
the dispersant that BP has been using in the Gulf:
But the story only starts there.
A few days ago, Naman was sent a sample of water from Cotton Bayou, Alabama.
Naman found 13.3 parts per million of the dispersant Corexit in the sample:
That's a little perplexing, given that Admiral Thad Allen said on August 9th that dispersants have not been used in the Gulf since the new capping stack was installed in mid-July:
We have not used dispersant since the capping
stack was put on. I believe that was the 15th of July.***
But I would tell you, there are no
dispersants being used at this time.
More imporantly, Naman told me that he found 2-butoxyethanol in the sample.
BP and Nalco - the manufacturer of Corexit - have said that dispersant
containing 2-butoxyethanol is no longer being sprayed in the Gulf. As
the New York Times noted in June:
Corexit
9527, used in lesser quantities during the earlier days of the spill
response, is designated a chronic and acute health hazard by EPA. The
9527 formula contains 2-butoxyethanol, pinpointed as the cause of
lingering health problems experienced by cleanup workers after the 1989
Exxon Valdez oil spill, and propylene glycol, a commonly used solvent.Corexit
9500, described by [Nalco's spokesman] as the "sole product" Nalco has
manufactured for the Gulf since late April, contains propylene glycol
and light petroleum distillates, a type of chemical refined from crude
oil.
Moreover, Naman said that he searched for the main ingredient in the
less toxic 9500 version - propylene glycol - but there was none
present. In other words, Naman found the most toxic ingredient in 9527
and did not find the chemical marker for 9500.
Since BP and Nalco say that no
dispersant containing 2-butoxyethanol has been sprayed in the Gulf for
many months, that either means:
(1) BP has been lying, and it is still using 2-butoxyethanol. In other words, BP is still Corexit 9527 in the Gulf
or
(2)
The dispersant isn't breaking down nearly as quickly as hoped, and the
more toxic form of Corexit used long ago is still present in the Gulf.
Naman
told me he used EPA-approved methods for testing the sample, but that a
toxicologist working for BP is questioning everything he is doing, and
trying to intimidate Naman by saying that he's been asked to look into
who Naman is working with.
I asked Naman if he could rule out
the second possibility: that the 2-butoxyethanol he found was from
a months-old applications of the more toxic version of Corexit. I assumed
that he would say that, as a chemist, he could not rule out that
possibility.
However, Naman told me that he went to Dauphin
Island, Alabama, last night. He said that he personally saw huge
250-500 gallon barrels all over the place with labels which said:
Corexit 9527
Naman took the following picture of the label:
(The A version of the dispersant - 9527A - contains 2-butoxyethanol).
Naman further said he saw mercenaries dressed in all black fatigues,
using gps coordinates, applying Corexit 9527 at Dauphin Island and at
Bayou La Batre, Alabama. The mercenaries were "Blackwater"-type
mercenaries, and Naman assumed they must have been hired either by BP or
the government.
Naman also told me that Corexit 9527 is being sprayed at night, and
that it is being applied in such a haphazard manner that undiluted 9527
is running onto beach sand. For confirmation of many of Naman's
claims, see this, this and this.
Naman sent me the following additional pictures showing Corexit
pollution, use and storage (none show the mercenaries dressed in
fatigues; apparently, such photos would have been too risky):
A bird eating a fish right next to the area where Corexit is handled:
Naman also sent me the following picture showing a strange oil mixture in the Gulf:
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bp is a terrorist organization and should be executed. instead it is protected by the rockefeller puppet and kenyan born indonesian citizen barry soetoro.
www.obamacrimes.com
If this info is correct, BP together with the Obama administration commits acts of terrorism against America and its people.
Still unknown to American people, we are very close to be living in a fascist state. One should never underestimate your enemy but the good news is that Obama is not FDR, Franco, Hitler, Stalin or Mao.
yeah, not sure where you're living... but America is already a fascist state. Has been for a while too
Very close to living in a fascist state? Do you live in Canada, then, or perhaps the Bahamas? (Mexico would be more of a narcoterrorist state, not quite as bureaucratic and totalitarian as a fascist state.)
So the question begs: If BP really did stem the flow of oil weeks ago as they claim, shouldn't the need to spray surface dispersant be gone by now? The oil that hasn't made it to the surface by now should mostly be contained in the deep underwater oil plumes. The fact that they are still spraying large amounts of Corexit suggests that fresh oil is making it to the surface, thus there is still a large amount of oil leaking. Combine this info with the fact that BP stopped showing anything useful on the live feeds, in concert with the government's claims that 75% of the oil had disappeared. Even NASA Earth Observatory, which had been publishing satellite photos of the Gulf weekly or even bi-weekly, suddenly stopped and hasn't posted any new Gulf satellite image for a month now.
It all reeks of a government-complicit coverup to sweep this ordeal under the rug before election season while limiting BP's liability as much as possible.
Thank you.
Check the SCAT maps - they're pretty current and they do show confirmed oiling at spots along the coast. http://gomex.erma.noaa.gov/erma.html#x=-89.04968&y=29.85017&z=8&layers=5723+9804+9801
It could also be
- the tides
- the second BP well, gone AWOL
- a result of the 'fractured geology'
Not necessarily. This could be oil from a month or two ago just now making its way close to shore.
Could be from a "natural" - nudge, nudge, wink, wink - seep.
I love those guys...
"What's it like?"
I can totally picture Leo K. saying that!
fits the description of the covert group, except the sloppiness. I personally guarantee that none of them were ever members of the covert group.
http://covert2.wordpress.com
I LOVE the smell of Corexit 9527 in the morning. It smells like....VICTORY!
What? We are caring about grand-children now? /sarcasm
No chance, Washington DC bought and paid for (by these same grand-children).
dispersant mercenaries
dispersenaries...
(sorry, couldn't help myself...)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t-gK-9EIq4&ob=av2e
If things aren't suited they'll get dilluted.
Gives a whole new meaning to "Blackwater"
Xe disperses CeXit...
Film at 11...
Yet again another completely unsubstantiated story. While I realize this is a blog Zerohedge needs to be held responsible for outright lies and other attempts to MANIPULATE stock prices.
Fart Bubbles strikes again... 123123123123123.........
Zerohedge needs to be held responsible for outright lies
Wow, I actually got a laugh out of that one. Way to consistently stand up for the big guy. You're continued crap is helping make the world worse off. All you EVER do is defend BP or lamely justify oil being pushed up. Bubba, you're scum.
"You're continued crap is helping make the world worse off." -- Well at least he's making a difference.
Go read TMZ, you'll find more relavent information there.
If you think it so unbelievable post a video of you eating a nice piece of sushi plucked from the gulf...got the sack for that??
Did you watch the video, or did you just skip to the comments?
I think the allegations deserve further investigation, not a dismissive attitude.
It suddenly got very shilly in here.
Did you get a cold shill wave running up your spine. LOL
Good one.
Nice avatar. I'm going to have to work on mine one of these days...
At least put this bag over your head in the meantime: http://www.celiacsnack.com/wp-content/TJ_full.jpg
LOL
loop feed junkie.
If you mean that the Department of Homeland Security has not officially endorsed this story for general consumption then - yes - it is unsubstantiated.
Unbelievable bunch of bs we are being fed by BP and their partner the government. I'm convinced they have dispersant being pumped to the ocean floor from one of the relief rigs to cover the amount of leakage that is still happening. Things just don't add up and you know if there wasn't a cover-up going on, this kind of news wouldn't be popping up on a daily basis! Thank goodness we have the new oil and dispersant eating microbe that "BP" discovered and the msm is ranting about! LOL... Poor little microbes are only going to get an appetizer seeing how 78 % of the oil was gone..Remember? LOL AGAIN...BETTER YET BAWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! They just need to pony up and let's deal with the problem as a Nation!
I sure wish I could buy that magic product!
It removes oil and greace in a blink of a eye!
How much did you say it costs George?
ONLY 2,95$!! AND I GET THE FREE DISPENCER IF I ORDER NOW?!!!
!! A M A Z I N G !!
I'll take 2 George!!
LOL... Billy Mays could sell it from the grave...
"ONLY 2,95$!! AND I GET THE FREE DISPENCER IF I ORDER NOW?!!!
!! A M A Z I N G !!"
Does it also remove Fed debt???
Can't you read? It removes Greece!
Just wait til we combine it with Vladimir Putin's "special formula" Polish remover, and we'll have the magic cleaning agent for the 21st Century!
That's about the funniest sh*t ever.
I've heard it's great to remove all the paint from your car if you just have a little scratch. Could it be true?!
The fact that no prosecutions are being made against anyone at BP or Transocean and that the government is complicit in a foreign company's charades against the American people should be one of the greatest scandals in modern history, but the American people are already "over it".
So sad.
No, MyKillk, No justice with banksters from the last financial crisis is as great as this.
The elites, don't follow the laws, but they expect us too.
The american people, are over it when it conflicts with their TV programs.
Unfortunately, those who lasted the depression, never forgot or got "over it".
The only justice we'll see is the SEC going after a couple of Spanish residents for insider trading on the Potash bid. Sure glad the SEC is on top of things! Nevermind the billions of dollars that are being stolen on a regular basis here at home!!
I thought this article was absurd enough, but then I read the 2nd one down regarding how Scientists from a US Energy Department lab were given a $500 MILLION grant by BP and now suddenly they claim they've found a new species of oil eating bacteria that also conveniently does not deplete the oxygen levels. Other scientists disagree and say they haven't seen this new species and that the huge underwater plumes kind of disagree with the finding. BP is literally trying to buy the scientific opinion. What a disgrace this all is.
Support bacteria, it's the only culture some people have.
You CANNOT buy scientists. They are all very ethical and have everyone's best intentions in mind.
Your environmental servant,
Al Gore
What happened? I was bust watching OchoCinco picking a girlfriend last night.
http://www.counterpunch.org/mcclintock08232010.html
The Gulf Crisis is Not Over Slow Violence and the BP Coverups...
Steve leaned in close, “Do you want to know how long my contract is to work down here?” he asked. “Three years.” His jaw muscles tightened as if he wanted to suck his words back into his mouth, but could not. “They are telling everyone it is not so bad, but clean-up will take many years. I am going to be here a long time.” Steve wiped a hand heavily over his eyes as if they were burning. “Let me tell you something. Today we saw three sharks washed up dead on the beach. The insides of their noses were black with oil. The membranes of their mouths were black with oil. Their eyes were black with oil.”
Steve is a war veteran who has seen a great deal of horror, but he seems to find this memory inordinately upsetting. “I am telling you this for the sake of our grandchildren,” he said. “We have an apocalypse going on and no one is paying enough attention.”
The CTEH Cover Up
A few days later, Steve and I were talking in the chemical-laced dusk of a car park. The Louisiana night was a strange brew of oily vapors and ginger blossom. Steve was slumped against his car, exhausted by his fifteen-hour day. The red tip of his cigarette burned on-off in the dark like a warning signal. As we talked, the nightly, muffled thrup-thrup of distant helicopters began. A number of people had told me about these strange, night flights, as helicopters and planes headed out on mysterious missions. I asked Steve where they were going.
“They are looking for oil,” he said. “The helicopters go out first at dusk. When they spot oil, they radio the gps locations back to the Coast Guard. Then between one and three in the morning, the planes go out and spray the oil with dispersants.”
“Why do they go out at night?” I ask. “They are hiding the oil with dispersants, Steve said. “They don’t want people to know how much oil there is out there. And they don’t want people to know how much dispersants they are spraying. It’s one of the big secrets down here.”
As it happens, Steve knows a good deal about dispersants. Before coming to work on the oil spill, he worked as a contractor for Halliburton; he now works in the Gulf for a company dealing with environmental toxicity and health hazards. It took a couple of hours talking and half a bottle of Southern Comfort before Steve revealed the name of his company. “I work for CTEH,” he said. Then he dragged his hand hard over his eyes. “I can’t believe I just told you that,” he said, but it was clear he wanted to.
Founded in 1997 in Arkansas, CTEH (Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health) specializes in toxicology and risk assessment. According to its website, CTEH “specializes in the specific expertise of toxicology, risk assessment, industrial hygiene, occupational health, and response to emergencies or other events involving release or threat of release of chemicals.” As it happens, CTEH is the company down in the Gulf that is quietly monitoring the levels of chemical toxicity of the oil-spill and its possible impact on the health of offshore workers involved in the clean-up.
CTEH is part of the Joint Unified Command based in Houma, Louisiana, where BP shares its office with the Coast Guard. The CTEH website is frank: CTEH is “proud” of its role in the Unified Command response. The website is less frank, however, about one stunningly important omission. CTEH is being paid by BP.
CTEH, in other word, is monitoring the possible toxic effects on workers of the chemicals BP has unleashed, and it is doing this at BP’s expense. In short, CTEH is being paid by BP to check up on BP. This is a conflict of interest so flagrant it is like a murder suspect hiring the forensic experts who will examine the murder scene.
CTEH has, to boot, an impressively consistent record of unsavory conflict of interest cases, where they have ruled favorably every time on behalf of their corporate clients. CTEH was hired by a coal company after it unleashed a massive coal-ash spill in the Tennessee Valley. CTEH declared everything hunky-dory. CTEH was hired by a paper mill sued by an employee for asbestos exposure. CTEH blamed the employee’s health problems on his lifestyle. Murphy Oil Refinery hired CTEH after spilling one million gallons into a community in St Bernard’s parish, LA. CTEH found nothing there for anyone to worry about.
Now, down in the Gulf, BP is paying CTEH to monitor the toxic levels of the air and water. As Nicholas Cheremisinoff, a former Exxon chemical engineer and expert on pollution prevention says, this means there is “a huge incentive for them to under-report.”
This also means that if anyone sues BP for health problems caused by toxic exposure to oil or chemicals, CTEH will be the expert witness called in on BP’s behalf. Indeed, two Gulf Coast residents, Glynis Wright and Janille Turner, are now filing a class action suit against BP in Alabama, for alleged health problems caused by clean-up chemicals, claiming that Corexit is four times more toxic than the crude oil. Cheremisinoff has said he is “100 per cent certain” CTEH will be called in as expert witness for BP.
Not surprisingly, down in the Gulf CTEH is flying very low under the radar. According to a report filed by the Louisian Bucket Brigade, at a community meeting in New Orleans, CTEH was present, but without any insignia or identifying credentials, repeatedly reassuring residents that the area was safe and that heat was the main hazard facing workers. When the LBB reporter asked the EPA rep why they were working for CTEH, the rep responded: “CTEH?…don’t know them.” When the reporter pulled out a copy of the CTEH website, the EPA rep backtracked: “Oh, yeah, we look at their data.” Asked if that didn’t amount to a conflict of interest, the rep admitted, “Yeah, that is a danger.” Shortly afterwards, he backtracked again: “No, we don’t really do anything with them. Who are they again?”
This crazy, conflict-of-interest carousel--where BP pays CTEH, and the EPA relies on CTEH data to monitor BP--is so flagrant that Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA) has formally requested that President Obama relieve BP of responsibility for protecting the health of workers and local residents.
CTEH and the EPA underplay the hazards, but down in the Gulf people are getting sick. Some men working on the oil spill have become ill and some hospitalized, though we don’t know the full extent because sick workers are contracted by BP not to talk to the media. BP could well stand, not for Beyond Petroleum, but for Beyond Principle. In a particularly nefarious act of cost-cutting and labor control, BP has hired prison inmates to do the clean-up, refusing to let them wear respirators, as this makes it visible that conditions are hazardous. Nor can they carry cell-phones lest they document the damage. Forced labor: slavery déjà vu. And there’s an extra perk for BP. Private companies like BP who use people on work-release get tax rebates of $2,400 for every worker they employ.
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Thank you for posting this link.
Oh yeah - and F**k BP.