“the potential human hazard: High.”

Uncategorized

Yeah, I guess they really did say that …

In its 2009 exploration plan for the Deepwater Horizon well, BP PLC states that the company could handle a spill involving as much as 12.6 million gallons of oil per day, a number 60 times higher than its current estimate of the ongoing Gulf disaster.

(BP told feds it could handle oil spill 60 times larger than Deepwater Horizon, al.com (Alabama Live), 05/19/10)

Also quoted: “the spill has stayed about the same size or even shrunk on the water as a result of our response efforts.”

According the article SkyTruth.org stated that according to satellite imagery the spill doubled in size from last Friday to Monday (follow this link for interactive map).

I just know that gosh darned Titanic is still cruising the world’s oceans.

Oh yeah … that quote in the title? (my emphasis)

A safety data sheet about the principal dispersant that [BP] has reported using during the ongoing spill says “no toxicity studies have been conducted on this product,” and labels “the potential human hazard: High.”

(BP told feds it could handle oil spill 60 times larger than Deepwater Horizon)

And lest we forget the see no evil dangers of hidden oil plumes

4 thoughts on ““the potential human hazard: High.””

  1. it’s doing nothing to negate the toxicity of the oil itself, just taking it to a greater depth in order to spoil the life down there.  It’s ongoing criminal negligence.

  2. Where have we heard this before?

    Vt Yankee has the same corporate approach.

    While it hasn’t spewed toxics, FairPoint had the same approach to its entry to VT.

    Corporate doublespeak is taken for granted, not prosecuted, and we will continue to have problems until we hold corporations to their legal and moral responsibilities!

  3. More and more stories about sick fishermen are beginning to surface after the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

    . . .

    “The volatile, organic carbons, they act like a narcotic on the brain,” [marine toxicologist Riki Ott] said. “At high concentrations, what we learned in Exxon Valdez from carcasses of harbor seals and sea otters, it actually fried the brain, (and there were) brain lesions.”

    (Fishermen Report Illness From BP Chemicals, WDSU (New Orleans TV???), 05/19/10)

Comments are closed.