Oil spill update: EPA whistleblower speaks out about Corexit, says dolphins, people hemorrhaging (video)
EPA whistleblower Hugh Kaufman spoke on Democracy Now about the BP coverup regarding Corexit and the effects it is having on the Gulf of Mexico and the life forms that it comes in contact with. He also alleges that the EPA is covering up the toxic effects that will result from using nearly 2 million gallons of the chemical dispersant since the start of the catastrophic oil spill.
Hugh Kaufman is a former US Air Force Captain and joined the EPA in its beginning stages in 1971. He also helped write the laws that are on the federal books regarding the disposal, storage, handling and treatment of solid and hazardous waste. Though the EPA has approved the use of Corexit as an oil dispersant, Hugh Kaufman alleges that it is extremely toxic, dangerous and shows proof that the chemical was linked to many health problems when used in the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
Hugh Kaufman also believes that BP’s conspiracy includes using the chemical dispersant to dissolve as much oil as possible to prevent the public from ever truly knowing how vast the spill actually is. Kaufman also alleges that people who are coming in contact with Corexit now, are suffering internal bleeding and hemorrhaging. You may see the full report in the video player, but here is a clip.
"... Consequently, we have people, wildlife—we have dolphins that are hemorrhaging. People who work near it are hemorrhaging internally. And that’s what dispersants are supposed to do. EPA now is taking the position that they really don’t know how dangerous it is, even though if you read the label, it tells you how dangerous it is.
And, for example, in the Exxon Valdez case, people who worked with dispersants, most of them are dead now. The average death age is around fifty. It’s very dangerous, and it’s an economic—it’s an economic protector of BP, not an environmental protector of the public."
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