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Scientists: 40 Times More Cancer-Causing Toxics in Gulf than Before Spill ... Dispersants to Blame
Scientists from Oregon State University have found
a 40-fold increase in the amount of cancer-causing polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons (PAHs) near Louisiana's Grande Isle between May and June.
The
Oregon team is looking at "the fraction of PAHs that are bioavailable –
that have the potential to move into the food chain."
As I pointed out last month, PAHs are harmful to both human health and seafood safety:
McClatchy notes today:
The
Gulf of Mexico oil spill still poses threats to human health and
seafood safety, according to a study published Monday by the peer-reviewed Journal of the American Medical Association.***
In
the short term, study co-author Gina Solomon voiced greatest concern
for shrimp, oysters, crabs and other invertebrates she says are have
difficulty clearing their systems of dangerous polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons (PAHs) similar to those found in cigarette smoke and soot.
Solomon is an MD and public health expert in the department of
medicine at the University of California at San Francisco.
The Oregon researchers also believe:
The
use of chemical dispersants during the oil spill coupled with the
ultraviolet exposure in the Gulf may have increased the formation of
OPAHs beyond expected levels.
And one of the researchers explained to the Huffington Post:
Based
on the findings of other researchers, [Kim Anderson, an OSU professor
of environmental and molecular toxicology] suspects that the abundant
use of dispersants by BP increased the bioavailability of the PAHs in
this case.
This is not particularly surprising. As
I noted earlier this month about another team of scientists studying
the effects of dispersant on pollution in the Gulf:
Scientists have found that when Corexit is applied to the actual crude oil from BP's well, it releases 35 times more toxic chemicals into the water column than would be released with crude alone.
As I noted in May, the crude oil released by BP is actually relatively low in PAHs compared to other crudes:
[NOAA says that the Gulf] oil is less toxic than crude oils generally because it is relatively much lower
in polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). PAHs are highly toxic chemicals
that tend to persist in the environment for long periods of time,
especially if the spilled oil penetrates into the substrate on beaches
or shorelines.
Given that the BP crude is much lower in PAHs than most crude oil, for there to be 40 times more
PAHs than normal is even more dramatic, again showing how effective
dispersants have been in releasing the most toxic elements from the oil
into the environment ... in fairly high concentrations and pretty much
all at once.
See this for more information on the harmful effects of dispersants, and their ongoing use in the Gulf.
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GW,
Here is an oddity from the gulf coast front line.
Naples, Fla. While watching a random 7pm news broadcast today: 10/01/2010 @ about 7:15pm a story came out as such:
"Collier County is reporting that they have changed their water disinfection process and you may smell an odor in the tap water. This is nothing harmful but people on kidney dialysis should not drink tap water".
Call WVZN news room to verify their report: 239-939-6223. Give date and time and ask what the exact story was and a county phone number for follow up. http://www.abc-7.com
Collier County water: 239-252-2679, 239-658-3630. No mention of this "change in disinfection process" on their website.
Question:
If it's just an odor why would kidney dialysis patients have to worry? Or will Corexit not only kill sea life but all humans on dialysis?
http://blogs.alternet.org/grantlawrence/2010/07/11/toxicologist-finds-co...
I have the news report Tivoed and can share if Tyler can host.
is meaningless without knowing the "normal" - ie. if normal is 1 ppb then 40 ppb is still miniscule. Point being that when diluted by all the water in the Gulf the amount of oil and dispersant we're talking about will be quite low. Dangerous? I do not know and nothing in this post informs me on that question. I'd also point out that the tests in question were "between May & June" - i.e. at the height of the oilflow/dispersant application (and when seafood was not being taken for consumption)
"PAHs can be produced in the environment by both human and natural events."
That's all you need to know.
Back-The-F-Off Bumbler 1231 or whatever your name is.
I want to hear GW, biases and all.
GW SELECTIVELY picks scientists who also have an agenda. The oil in the gulf did zero long term damage. That is a fact. From an environmental impact tt was tragic to the several dozen birds who died - that is it. The loss of human life is the REAL tragedy and that can't be forgotton. But those who LIE about their agendas and try to force the stock price down to make money - this is not something thjat should be encouraged. Shame on anyone who gives credence to this a$$clown
bubba,
Which stock did you think he was trying to force down?
BP, RIG, HAL ?
You surely know that most of the people on this board are not really interested in trading a specific stock and no one who's size would suppress price isn't going to worry about what is said on a bulletin board anyway.
OSU has one of, if not the best, progrmas in America, and considering that the American education system, however horrible, is still defacto "best in the world" (opinion sure but at least America has tried to have higher education that provides truths) I would say this is very credible. Bubba, go read a book.
GW provides verifiable citations.
You do not.
You're opinions are more trustworthy why?
Because his name is Bubba.
Can our leaders really be this stupid, or is this a deliberate attempt to cull the herd?
Tin foil websites like this may start to make more sense:
http://www.prisonplanet.com/
In other news today, the FDA announced that they have approved polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) as a seafood additive, noting the sooner it is added in the food chain, the better.
GW,
The impact of bio-available PAHs and other carcinogens will not only be felt by the locals and those who consume seafood. In the next layer it will be felt by relatives of same who deal with the fallout, then by society for the same reason.
But the truly insidious issue is that those who ingest will have to urinate, most of us do. And when that water goes to the treatment plant and then back out as municipal water it will contain the same excreted chemicals.
/shudder/
GW,
Again clealry the short of BP stock is just destroying you. You can claim otherwise but it is blatantly obvious what your agenda is. Thats on top of looking like a complete a$$clown now that the spill has been shown to not even have been an ecological blip.
you r a dumbubba.
BP looking good for at least 64 after pullback
http://stockcharts.com/charts/gallery.html?s=bp
NLC, producer of Co Rexit, ready for 50% haircut,
along with purge of government incumbent nudniks and reps who banned and then ok'd it...
http://stockcharts.com/charts/gallery.html?nlc
http://www.jubileeprosperity.com/prosperity/bp-british-petroleum3445-336...
So is the Oregon U. science department shorting BP also?
so this is the same as aquatic life smoking?
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In the next 200 years, nobody will ever remember, so why the fuzz?
I disagree. The GOM is real. To compare; the economy is not real, it is completely subjective. Thus why the Fed can MANipulate it. Brittney Spears is.......good? Bad? Hot? Average looking? Kant vs Descarte....who is right? Wrong? But the oil in the gulf is real, and it has wrecked havoc on the ocean and a way of life for millions of people/spirits. This is VERY REAL.
true, humans as a species are overrated.
Gee,... I hope Obama ate his fill,... and goes back for seconds....