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Scientists find Corexit made BP Gulf catastrophe worse is not news

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BP funded scientists now admit what scientists in other countries have found and EPA adviser warned last July, that toxic Corexit, of which the government and BP applied 2 million gallons throughout the Gulf of Mexico region, made the catastrophe worse, an ongoing catastrophe according to residents, independent researchers, and now, even BP paid scientists.

The scientists, supported by a 10 million dollar BP grant, presenting their reports last week, said they were struck by the studies so far according to the New York Times.  Throughout the past year, however, since the oil rig exploded, experts in the fields of public health and toxicology have said that the combined BP oil and Corexit was 11 times more lethal than oil alone.

Kate Spinner of the New York Times reported Monday that the BP funded scientists "added BP oil to a jar of sea water and saw all the oil float to the top. After adding a little Corexit to the mix, the entire bottle of water turned the color of dark coffee."

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Whether or not Corexit 'did job properly' depends on what 'the job' has been

The Times continues:

"In theory, the chemically dissolved oil should be a feast for bacteria that would break down some of the most harmful products in the oil.
"But the Corexit may not have done its job properly, said Wade Jeffrey, a biologist with the University of West Florida's Center for Environmental Diagnostics and Bioremediation."
One of the scientists presenting their findings last week from the high paid research, Wade Jefferey, a biologist with University of West Florida's Center for Environmental Diagnostics and Bioremediation, said that thus far, the scientists are not seeing a big difference except that the oil and Corexit mixtures tend to be more toxic that oil alone and that "Corexit does not seem to facilitate the degradation of the oil."
 
One year after the oil rig explosion, Wilson Mendoza, FIO researcher and doctoral candidate at University of Miami's Rosentiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, now finds "potential evidence that Corexit remains in the environment much longer than expected."
 
Wilson, who is developing a fingerprint for the BP oil and the Corexit, found both in some of the 75 different water samples taken from around the Gulf of Mexico. Now he is being paid to run yet another test, with equipment that analyzes substances at a molecular level to verify the findings. 
 
"If some of the other teams found out that Corexit is actually toxic and if it's still there after a year, then I suppose it could cause environmental problems to a lot of organisms in the Gulf of Mexico," Mendoza said.
 
The Times report excluded mention of human problems, including possible increased mortality and miscarriage rates.
 
EPA adviser Hugh Kaufman stated last July that Corexit mixed with the oil and the water is extremely toxic and was doing what it was suppose to do .
 
"Sweden has done studies on this. Israel has done studies on this and the only real purpose of using so many dispersants with the oil was to cover up the volume of oil that was released from that well, so lying about how much is coming out was a mechanism to help BP save millions of dollars in fines," Kaufman stated. ("Censored Gulf ’*Alert* Public can’t HANDLE TRUTH’ Kaufman, Countdown transcript (video)," Dupré, D., Examiner.com, July 30, 2010) 
 
According to Kaufman, had Corexit not been used, "they would have been able to get most of that oil off of the surface and would not have endangered all the fish, and ecosystem underneath that now will be affected for decades on down the line."
 
As for the surge in women and children bleeding from all orifices since the Gulf operation began, in similar way Gulf dolphins are now bleeding and dying, Kaufman stated last July that's what Corexit is suppose to do:
"...we have dolphins that are hemorrhaging. People who work near it are hemorrhaging internally. And that’s what dispersants are supposed to do..." ("Censored Gulf news: People bleeding internally, millions poisoned says ’EPA whistleblower," Dupré, D.)
 MSNBC's Keith Olbermann reported in mid-July that environmental scientists testified to Congress that dispersants, particularly, Corexit, only hides evidence by reducing oil's visibility of the magnitude of the leak's ongoing damage while poisoning people breathing it off-shore and near-shore.
 
Corexit was still being sprayed two weeks ago according to Gulf Coast residents, if not to eat the oil, to kill environmental and human life forms, depopulation, as former oil executive and deep geopolitical analyst Ian Crane has concluded.
Deadly Corexit applied in unprecedented amounts throughout Gulf region after BP oil rig explosion
Deadly Corexit applied in unprecedented amounts throughout Gulf region after BP oil rig explosion
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Deborah Dupre' holds American and Australian science and education graduate degrees plus thirty years human rights, environmental and peace activism; led Aboriginal Pacific Islander and Australian research; holds pivotal role in FUEL; co-founded America's Green Team, FUEL; lectures on Ancient...

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