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Outrage as AP exposes Japan scientists taking money from nuke
industry — But we usually only fly coach so it’s OK — Radiation
standards ‘twisted’ after 3/11 to limit evacuations
Ongoing Gulf of Mexico Oil Disaster:
Oil Spill Attorney Stuart Smith’s Blog:
They poisoned the Gulf with dispersant — and it didn’t even disperse
Now that we’re more than two years out from the Deepwater Horizon
catastrophe, a good bit of scientific research is starting to come in. Most of
the findings — unfortunately, but predictably — are not good news for the
Gulf Coast. Many of these studies are showing that oil has been more
damaging to fish or other marine creatures, or to the region’s fragile
wetlands, than originally feared. It’s why I’m troubled that BP is racing to
settle the various legal claims from the April 2010 spill before the whole
extent — or the real cost — of the damage is known.
Then there’s the matter or Corexit, the chemical dispersant that was
aggressively deployed by BP or its contractors while the oil flowed freely
from the damaged rig in 2010. Much of the Corexit was deployed at the
wellhead, in a misguided effort to disperse the oil before it reached the
surface. In the end, nearly 2 million gallons of the dangerous dispersant
was released into the Gulf. Earlier this week, I told you about alarming
new research showing that Corexit mixed with the Gulf oil proved to be
52 times more toxic than first believed. This may have been news to the
scientific community but frankly it was little surprise to the boat captains
who got sick working on the cleanup efforts, or fisherman struggling with
dead zones in the Gulf.
And now comes a second study published in Environmental Science
and Technology, led by researchers from the University of Miami and
others, showing that not only did Corexit poison the Gulf, it didn’t even do
what it was supposed to do, disperse the oil: