The Gulf Oil Spill of 2010 is growing more every day, and BP is using barrels of toxic chemicals to disperse the oil. Now, according to a 25 May, 2010 from Fox News, Louisiana fishermen that are helping with cleanup efforts are suffering health effects from those chemicals.
What are Oil Spill Cleanup Worker Symptoms?
Cleanup workers that are helping to minimize the effects of the oil spill in Louisiana are experiencing symptoms such as intense headaches, burning eyes, rashes, nausea and disorientation or dizziness. According to an interview with Fox News, the symptoms that Louisiana oil cleanup crews are experiencing are to be expected from exposure to crude oil and dispersement chemicals.
Toxic Dispersement Chemicals Used in Oil Spill
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) directed BP to stop using Corexit 9500A and 9527A, the chemicals BP has been using to disperse the oil slick. According to the EPA, this is due to the unprecedented amounts of these chemicals being used, and the unknown result of this quantity of chemical. Corexit 9500A should not come in contact with the skin or eyes, and the vapors of 9527A should be avoided.
Risks of Oil Clean-up Chemicals
Volunteers working to help with the oil spill cleanup in the Gulf of Mexico are at risk, due to the 800,000 gallons of toxic chemicals that have already been applied to the oil spill. The effects of this amount of dispersement chemicals on the wildlife is also unknown. At this point, the question of the day is... Is the cure worse than the disease?
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this looks like it would work better than anything I've seen tried. look at wimp.com solutionoil They are using cut hay and bluegrass to pick up the oil and it works.
So why not try it.
You are right Victoria...it seems the cure is worse than the spill. All those helpers for a good cause and now being harmed by harsh chemicals. Doesn't seem fair at all.
LOOK AT THE STORY ON NPR.ORG - THIS OIL DISPERSMENT HAS TO BE STOPPED NOW! BP IS MAKING THE PROBLEM WORSE - THEY WONT HAVE TO CLEAN UP ANYTHING THAT GOES INTO THE FOOD CHAIN. PASS THE WORD ASAP!!!!
The same dispersant was used 20 years ago in Alaska(Valdez). Those workers came down with the nastiest illnesses including death from breathing the toxic "FUMES"! BP is not getting rid of the oil, but rather dispersing it below the surface in clouds as large as 5X20 miles long without O2 for marine life. They are creating a much larger catastophy. It's sad that Obama has taken a back seat to BP horrible dicision to poison the Gulf. Sadly, much of the Gulf's coastline will remain poisoned for decades to come.
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