Lab tests have confirmed that water throughout the Gulf of Mexico is now very highly toxic. A couple of "independent journalists" were able to obtain water samples from the Gulf and send them out to a scientific laboratory for testing. The samples sent in were from along the shore in Louisiana and also from 20 miles out. The results were absolutely shocking. The tests found concentrations of propylene glycol at between 360 and 440 parts per million. Needless to say, that is extremely alarming. Propylene glycol at just 25 parts per million will kill most fish. So what in the world is going to happen to fish that encounter this kind of toxic soup? It is going to be a complete and total nightmare for them. So where is all of this propylene glycol coming from? Well, propylene glycol is one of the key ingredients found in the various Corexit brand dispersants that BP has been using in the Gulf of Mexico. Up to this point, BP has dumped over a million gallons of such dispersants into the Gulf. So instead of actually saving the environment of the Gulf of Mexico, BP is rapidly poisoning it. The destruction of sea life is going to be on a scale that is absolutely unimaginable.
A video detailing these lab tests was recently posted on YouTube....
The following is the description for the video that was posted on YouTube....
Oil and water samples were taken from both the Shores of Grand Isle and from 20 miles out. The preliminary analysis was done at an academic analytical chemistry laboratory. Looking for the likely pollutants from the deep water Horizon Oil spill. It was focused on the detection of benzene and propylene glycol. Benzene and other highly toxic contaminants were very low however the concentration of propylene glycol was between 360 and 440 parts per million. Just 25 parts per million is know to kill most fish and propylene glycol is just one of many ingredients found in Corexit. In short, the Gulf is being poisoned by BP's usage of the dispersants even after the EPA asked them to stop back in May. We are willing to provide ANY respected/known laboratory these samples or provide them with more. This is very serious to all people and marine life in and around the Gulf.
We do not know what human health effects might occur after long-term exposure to food and water contaminated with benzene. In animals, exposure to food or water contaminated with benzene can damage the blood and the immune system and can cause cancer.
Cancer is not something that will show up after a week of exposure to toxic chemicals – it can and does take years to form and cause its insidious damage. Telling the Gulf Locals to stay inside is not the answer…. the poison is everywhere, carried, as it were on the winds…….
http://just-me-in-t.blogspot.com/2010/07/there-is-no-danger-from-that-oil.html
Interesting, but it’s not science. Second hand samples supposedly from 20 miles offshore? Sea otters in Grand Isle? (Not during the 55 years I’ve been in LA and on the Gulf Coast.) We appreciate the authors’ enthusiasm, but we urge this web site to be more rigorous in vetting the information you publish. If someone can’t tell a nutria from a sea otter I’m not likely to trust their water sampling results.
Far from convincing evidence, although this is just confirming what we already knew – the situation is bad. However, analysing how bad it is won’t make anything better.
Michele Obama said people should take their kids on vaction for a swim in the Gulf, during her first visit to the region.
She said people should plan vacations to beach resorts and spend alot of money, to help the Gulf Victims.
Then she ate a scoop of ice cream, stayed three hours and left for her vacation in Maine.
In light of this article, please do not take your children on vaction, for a swim in the Gulf.