When you pour more than a million gallons of toxic chemical dispersants on top of an oil spill, it doesn’t just disappear. In this case, it moves to the atmosphere, where it will travel hundreds, if not thousands of miles from the site of the BP oil spill, in the form of toxic rain.
BP’s oil spill-fighting dispersant of choice is Corexit 9500. It has been banned in Europe for good reason. Corexit 9500 is one of the most environmentally enduring, toxic chemical dispersants ever created to battle an oil spill. Add to that the millions of gallons of oil that have been burned, releasing even more toxins into the atmosphere, and you have a recipe for something much worse than acid rain.
The European Union Times reports "A dire report prepared for President Medvedev by Russia’s Ministry of Natural Resources is warning today that the British Petroleum (BP) oil and gas leak in the Gulf of Mexico is about to become the worst environmental catastrophe in all of human history threatening the entire eastern half of the North American continent with “total destruction”.
The reports adds, "Russian scientists are basing their apocalyptic destruction assessment due to BP’s use of millions of gallons of the chemical dispersal agent known as Corexit 9500 which is being pumped directly into the leak of this wellhead over a mile under the Gulf of Mexico waters and designed, this report says, to keep hidden from the American public the full, and tragic, extent of this leak that is now estimated to be over 2.9 million gallons a day."
Oil in the environment is toxic at 11 PPM (parts per million). Corexit 9500 is toxic at only 2.61 PPM. But Corexit 9500 has another precarious characteristic; it’s reaction to warm water.
As the water in the Gulf of Mexico heats up, Corexit 9500 goes through a molecular transition. It changes from a liquid to a gas, which is readily absorbed by clouds and released as toxic rain. The chemical-laden rain then falls on crops, reservoirs, animals and of course, people.
It is futile to believe that we can keep ‘Corexit rain’ from occurring since it has already been released and the molecular transformation has begun. We have set off an unprecedented chain of events in nature that we cannot control.
By releasing Pandora’s well from the depths and allowing it bleed into the sea the unimaginable becomes material.
Yet unlike a bad dream, we will not wake up from this nightmare and find it gone. The BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill will be touching millions of earth’s life forms for uncountable years.
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The health hazzards in oil toxic rain include Corexit 9500 and elements of the evaporated oil such as Benzene, which is a known carcinogen. The US governement lists many toxic materials as carcenogins in animals, but not humans, which raises the question of 'special rules' for the businesses that use them.
Butoxyethanol has an LD50 of 2.5g/kg in rats. Laboratory tests by the United States National Toxicology Program have have shown that sustained inhalation of high concentrations (100 - 500 ppm) of 2-butoxyethanol can cause adrenal tumors in animals. American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) reports that 2-butoxyethanol is carcinogenic in animals.
Butoxyethanol is listed as an ingredient in Corexit 9500, then said to be excluded from Corexit 9500. The asumption is that it is included in Corexit 9527. Both are highly toxic.
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Crude Oil MSDS - MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET
Crude Oil: Exposure Routes: Inhalation, ingestion, skin absorption , skin/eye contact
Target Organs: Eyes, skin, respiratory system, gastrointestinal system. Acute Effect: May cause eye, skin, respiratory and nasal irritation. Ingestion may cause vomiting, resulting in aspiration and
chemical pneumonia. Central nervous system effects from inhalation may include headache, dizziness, loss of balance and coordination, unconsciousness, coma, respiratory failure, and death.
Chronic Effect/Carcinogenicity: There have been rare occurrences of precancerous warts on the forearm, back of hands and scrotum from chronic prolonged skin contact. These warts were not necessarily on the exposed parts of the body. Crude Oil is not listed as a carcinogen by the NTP, IARC, or OSHA. However, repeated skin contact by laboratory mice produced skin tumors.
The tumors reduced in occurrence when the animals’ skin was washed between applications.
Benzene: This product may contain 0 – 0.1% benzene.
ACHIH TLV TWA: 0.5 ppm / STEL: 2.5 ppm
MSHA and OSHA PEL TWA:10 ppm / STEL: 25 ppm / Peak:50 ppm, 10 minutes
Exposure Routes: Inhalation, skin absorption, ingestion. Target Organs: Hematopoietic (blood forming) system, lymphatic system, nervous system, reproductive system
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Hi Maryann,
Thanks so much for having the courage to tackle this subject. Though reported in foreign media, our mainstream media in the United States has taken a hands off approach to this subject. This leads to a further dumbing down of the masses who need to know this information. When things start dying off around the country, and they already have in some places,
Americans are really going to be angry. Unfortunately it appears that the government and media are conspiring to withhold the truth from the public, again.
Peace
Well, H5N1 didn't work, SARS didn't work, Chemtrails didn't work, forced flu vaccines didn't work, and many other methods to mass reduce the population didn't work. Now, all you have to do is to read the Georgia Guide Stones and you'll see what the real game plan is.
John from Philly is SPOT ON! In addition to the Georgia Guidestones, there is the UN's Agenda 21: and take a look at the U.S. map. !! Also google "elites' depopulation agenda" or look for this topic on prisonplanet or inforwars dot com.
How come no-one ever mentions who exactly owns not just BP but all the oil companies? Is it the Rothschilds, Windsors, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, Rockerfellers, Bushes and others? Shouldn't we go after the owners of these mega corporations as the real villains who are destroying the world, and make them pay for their crime of planetcide? And what should their penalty be, jail or capital punishment, Texas style.
John is right; Obama is nothing but an Illuminati suck-puppet who will always bend over to do his masters' wishes. And their fondest wish is to kill 2/3 of us. Watch out! There will be more environmental disasters coming soon. The oil rig explosion was their occult April 20 sacrifice of 11 innocent men. They have speeded up their agenda and are killing more openly now. God help us all.
The Horizon rig belonged to S. Korea, a billion dollar rig, the rig was blown-up buy N. Korea, using a sub. that is way they cannot repair it, plus they want to cap the oil for their own greed. They do not care if all is destroyed, they want the oil only, this toxic rain which I have seen on plants will ruin all the crops and animals, be prepared to survive!!!
I live in northern fla. about 50 miles from the gulf, I can walk outside at work and see large patches of dead grass, and it's not because of lack of rain, the magnolia trees have droplets forms of burn holes in them. there is a film on the web about toxic rain in tenn.
The GOBP (Republicans) won't rest until they destroy every last inch of this country. Vote out all Republicans this November, teach them a lesson they will never forget. Thank God we have Obama to stand up to their tyranny.
i totally agree with steve apparently JP Morgan has the majority stake in BP But who really owns BP The Rothschilds,Rockefellers?? Queen of England???? this so called accident is there means of justify global genocide which the Illimunatti have planned for decades.
Mabus will run, when the comet will die
there will come a great hunger
of people, thirst, hand,
hundreds beasts a horrible rout
Then suddenly vengeance will see the one
anti Christ covering the earth with red hail
water, human bodies and blood, the three annialates
9 years this war will last,
exiles, captive, the unbelievers dead
Naval battle, drizzle in victory
overcome will be the night, vanquished to anger
fire in the ships, colored ship
the great west ruined to the new trick
A founder of the sects schismatic
accuser for the trouble
confused the world, a beast in theater
the author prepares, times, order of acts,
plot and scene.
The response seems to be setting the stage for the real disaster. I have followed HAARP since 1993, when I first got onto the Web. With a max of 10,000 sites at one time, it was a star attraction along with CERN and Persian Kitty. I am convinced that storms can be intensified and steered using that technology. Remember that there is a HAARP facility at Areceibo, Puerto Rico - in the middle of hurricane alley. Start spreading discussion of this now. It was spreading the story of an impending false flag, before the flight of a B-52 from Minot AFB with stolen nukes, that prevented the Neocon cabal controlling the Bush administration from attacking Iran. Perhaps we can limit any storms striking the Gulf to natural action. Too bad we don't have a government that would use the HAARP technology to protect us. A Katrina repeat, with toxic rain, will kill millions.
Watch out, BP is trying to blame the British for the gusher. They gave 5 million to New Orleans to boycott Britian. If they can blame a country for their accident then our country (U.S.) can be blamed and that means we get Cap&trade passed and that means bye bye economies. We must make sure the blame stays with BP and other Corperations involved. Plus Bp is dumping the tar balls and slug they are picking up into BP landfills along the Gulf. I see this poisoning the water tables. They are really are trying not to pay for clean up. The Corperate Elite are criminals and are getting slowly away with it. Toxic oil fumes from BP oil volcano and chemical dispersants are already showing up in west Florida as illness and respiratory ailments.See Lindsey Williams on Alex Jones show 17jun10 find on youtube.
I'm starting to doubt there's really an Oil Spill.
It could be something natural that they don't want
us to know about, due to their inability to control
it, or somethings happening, such as Atlantis rising
from the Gulf of Mexico.
Watch out, BP is trying to blame the British for the gusher. They gave 5 million to New Orleans to boycott Britian. If they can blame a country for their accident then our country (U.S.) can be blamed and that means we get Cap&trade passed and that means bye bye economies. We must make sure the blame stays with BP and other Corperations involved. Plus Bp is dumping the tar balls and slug they are picking up into BP landfills along the Gulf. I see this poisoning the water tables. They are really are trying not to pay for clean up. The Corperate Elite are criminals and are getting slowly away with it. Toxic oil fumes from BP oil volcano and chemical dispersants are already showing up in west Florida as illness and respiratory ailments.See Lindsey Williams on Alex Jones show 17jun10 find on youtube.
Shame on you Rachael Maddow the oil industry is not to blame just the bad apple BP. When BP is ended as a company then we will be safe again. The Russians have capped similar blowouts with nuclear charges and Nick Pozzi and USA have cleaned up similar spills with a fleet of super tankers. Those spills included skimming surface oil and undersea oil plumes and bottom lakes of oil. BP and Obama rejected the proven technology of using a fleet of super tankers for cleanup because they had a deal to use toxic chemical dispersants to hide the enemy oil. This is part of their new tech clean technology they are promoting. Why aren't the cleanup workers wearing hazmat suits to protect them from toxic chemicals? Why haven't you talked with Matt Simmons and Nick Pozzi founder of Wow Energy Solutions that have worked successfully for the oil industry? Why do you keep blaming the oil industry for BP's criminal activities? Why has Obama left the criminal BP in charge of the cleanup?
Sarah Palin is a
Sarah Palin is a complete idiot because she wants to ignore the act of terrorism by BP oil company. BP must be her chief and she is on their payroll. Hey Sarah cap the leaky BP well tonight and then we can drill.
You say you can't do it then you must be one of those stupid republicans that pulled off that daylight robbery stealing $1.25 TRILLION from the taxpayers to bailout the CBA (Crooked Bankers Association). Not one crooked banker has gone to jail. We need to classify crooked bankers as terrorists and send them to Guantanamo for daily waterboarding until they confess (Bush & McCain solution) then introduce them to the Cuban firing squad. We can start with all past and present officers of AIG that robbed the taxpayers of $182 BILLION. How much did AIG donate to you Sarah? Will you return the stolen money?
We need a constitutional convention now and disband Congress and their pensions. First we need to hold the wall street criminals accountable. America is on the brink of economic collapse because of the creation of the derivative by the CBA (Crooked Bankers Association). The BP oil spill threatens the 50 million residents of GOM with death and starvation. It is time to consider regime change in America because they have been betrayed by their leaders. Catch UCCNews with Bill Edmond for the real lowdown and viable alternatives. However we may be witnesses to the Hopi Prophecy coming true and the start of the rapture forecast in the bible.
They should to put a giant 5 mile condom on the spill and point it at the whitehouse.
Prince Charles was at the Oxford Center blithering about population control on June 12.John Holdren,the Obama Guy's Science Czar has been public about eliminating 90% of the population at UT and in his book.It seems things are going swell as far as they are concerned!Too bad we don't have any men left to stop these maniacs,as more than 2 generations have been eating GMO soy phytoestrogens,the boys develop late and the girls early.The girls will get cancer early too,and the boys are Soy Boys.I see many soy boys and their tiny testes riding Harleys in the USA.
Too bad all they can do is bitch while we are being killed off by madmen.
I grew up on the TX coast and oil would stay on the beaches for 5 yrs. at a time. We always had to wear shoes to walk on the beach. Also, my dad was an engineer and inventor and his friends were often the same. When I was young, I remember the solution being to put a smaller pipe into the larger pipe to contain and lessen the environmental damage. Why has this not been done?
This article is so fantastic as to defy description. I am in awe of it. Corexit rain? Oh My.
Anyway there are no carcinogens in Corexit 7500. Look at the MSDS.
Corexit is not 'banned in Europe'. GB only, and because it interferes with limpet attachment to rocks. Not because of toxic rain.
The most volatile component in Corexit is kerosene. Hate to say it but I bet there is a lot more than 1 million gallons of the stuff in use all over the US on a daily basis. Not to mention other related hydrocarbon solvents and environmental stuff like uh oil spills. If kerosene was creating a toxic rain we would be well aware of it by now.
Oh yeah, it does go away. Biodegrades in a month or so. Again check the MSDS.
The President should apoligize on behalf of the citizens of the U.S. to B.P. for using such harsh words... so should eveyone making comments on this board. They are just doing their job, without oil, you have no economy. The gusher will be good for the economy and even the environment over time... it will create new types of industries and services such as eastern coast relocation services for millions of people, new cancer research facilities, special aquatic zoos and fish farms on the west coast for what remains of sea life or mammals, oxygen services for going oputdoors in the benzine containing air, etc...
Also, increase in taxes ( cap and trade) is a good idea to stop global warming when the gusher runs out in 25 or 30 years...... good luck ya''ll partnur "Mericans dudes... 'member it aint' oil.. it's just water without the blue in it...
The "out of sight out of mind" corporate culture makes the idea of using chemical dispersants a reality which only makes the oil harder to contain because the chemicals break up the oil and push it under the surface of the water. Oil has a wonderful quality to it (for clean up) where it rises to the surface of the water, easy to catch. Sea life that interacts with the surface of the ocean like whales, dolphins, fish, birds, etc. have to push through ocean water that has a three foot thick layer of toxic oil on it's surface. It doesn't matter whether the oil is broken up into a million parts and coated with other toxic chemicals like COREXIT or if it is left in it's thick natural state, THEY ARE BOTH BAD CHOICES. We have been hearing, reading, talking and learning about how Microbes can eat the oil and then be eaten by marine life causing no harm to either party and actually cleaning up what has already been spilled.
That is only the surface. A mile below the Ocean the leak continues.
You said the people from BP " are just doing their job, without oil, you have no economy."
When did it become their job to cut safety corners for save money? When did it become BP's job to lie the everyone about how much oil was leaking?
This is not as much about oil as it is about how businesses are always cheating and hurting people so they can make more money. Get real and stop looking at this as if BP were innocent - they are far from it.
Time to fire up the FEMA camps? Ya know the ones Haliburton built a few years ago just for this type of event. Can't say these guys don't plan ahead. Google "camp fema"
Gee Eustace--I wonder why Europe(in its entireity) has banned Corexit. Check the ingredients.
karen: live on the Bayou, NW FL. bugs and birds are gone!? i'm talking land birds. palm trees, which i know holds a lot of water, are not looking too good. you can smell the chemicals in the rain.
If you internet search out the real deal on gulf sea floor and the bigger picture, about the chemical release from sea surface and possible evacuation plans for coastal Florida areas this might be taken a little more seriously to the magnitude and level of concern this really diserves. Did you know Tampa area uses desalinization equipment for fresh water supply what happens when the oil arrives?
FYI, keep up the good fight and by the way may the taxpayers and consumers foot the bill which is customary and acceptable, thank you to all the elected officials with your heads buried in the sand and your tails tucked between your legs, finger pointing because you have no position, as I have received no replies to my inquiry.
I have also expressed my concerns to local media as to this catastrophe being referred to as a spill it is a gaping, gushing endless torrent of oil and gases which will ultimately be our undoing. The only news updates now is how many gallons may be leaking, distracti
Worse yet, Palin was seen at a tea party rally in Arizona standing next to- get this- Lynn Forrester Rothschild- I kid you not.
Who's Lynn Forrester de Rothschild?
She's the wife of Evelyn de Rothschild- yes- that Rothschild!
Palin is a cipher clone.
Beware baby, beware!
The Gulf of Mexico oil disaster was prophesied in 1903 by Gustav Meyrink, a European author, banker and occultist. In his 1903 short story - Petroleum, Petroleum - he actually says it is a prophecy. And he actually mentions the Gulf of Mexico as the location of the disaster. And he says the goal of the oil spill is to destroy the human habitat and human life itself. Petroleum, Petroleum - itself is about an evil chemist who intentionally causes an oil disaster by blowing up oil wells in the Gulf of Mexico. This destroys the lives of the people living along the shore of the Gulf of Mexico. The oil spills into the Gulf for years as the rest of the world bickers about what to do, covering all oceans. This causes seawater to no longer evaporate and it stops raining. He even mentions that it will rain oil, as is happening right now in New Orleans. This should destroy the rest of humanity. Exactly the intention of the evil chemist, who created the oil spill. Websites and radio shows dedicate
Websites and radio shows dedicated to conspiracies and the New World Order are using this 1903 short story to say the Gulf of Mexico oil rig Deepwater Horizon was blown up on purpose and the oil will be allowed to leak into the water for years to come, allowing the New Wold Order to use the disaster to create their one world order.
Hereby a link to the English Translation of Gustav Meyrink's Short Story Petroleum Petroleum (1903) in which he foresaw the BP Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill.
Google gustavmeyrinkpetroleumpetroleum
Whoever wrote the article should've used the correct terminology - It's not an oil SPILL it's a LEAK! A spill is finite; you can clean it up...
Corexit 9500 is safe and clean don't spread fear like that. it will disappear in a month no worries. Oil spill will take time, just go to bali
Why is examiner.com deleting comments that correct false info in this article? Your writer did not do even one single interview with a scientist or water engineer or even Nalco and is completely reporting things without any factual basis. There is no factual basis to lie and claim "oil rain" results from ocean mixing with rain. Acid rain comes from AIR POLLUTION. The particles of corexit and oil CANNOT PHYSICALLY GET IN THE RAIN. Please get an actual journalist to write your articles. This piece of garbage reflects poorly on the Examiner.com and its poor editorial oversight. Corexit and oil are going to be a problem if oil sprays the coast or floods homes during a storm this summer but it is NOT a factor in rain! Please stop censoring comments and stopping people from telling the facts. Stop posting false information and hysteria as journalism.
This horribly researched and false rumor article hasn't been removed or corrected because the examiner.com is more interested in getting yellow journalism spreading around and increasing readership at the expense of facts.
Destroy the East Coast , make the serfs move in land, millions re.located to the mid.west. trample the farmland so less crops grow to feed the hungry horde, Then they can get jobs to complete the NAFTA Super Highway. What Wonderful planners we have- 1984 hell before a Brave New World nano/drug slave state. Welcome to the NEW WORLD ORDER.
I just posted a conversation with a FB friend about her message to me about oil on her car and more after a week long rain.... you can read it on my profile page.
Katherine Magdangal on Facebook
oops I almost forgot....the post I just mentioned is from a FB friend- in Chicago....it's titled "it's raining oil in Chicago"
Katherine Magdangal on Facebook
I have posted a youtube video showing it raining oil in Louisiana. Terrifying. I still say BP and the people in that chain of command directly responsible for the decisions that lead to this drill blow out should be put in jail. If anyone were to break into your home and poison you, they would be charged with assault, if more than one, then add conspiracy to that. These people have poisoned us all. I say when we are starving we eat those B@$tards first
Eustace, step away from the crack pipe. Kerosene is considered a hazardous material. The fact that lots of 'mericans' don't understand that, is more a case of familiarity breeding complacency. You are such a freaking shill. Tell me, with all that money do you think you can buy back your soul? How about you drink some Kerosene since it's so "harmless" and stuff, and you let us know how that turns out. You know I heard it's not flammable either, perhaps you should light up a smoke while you are at it.
I am also a Gainesville Exminer and have been writing on the Gulf oil leak awareness and preparedness.
Look me up and see what I have to say.
People need to wake up and realize the seriousness of this before it is too late. Just talking about it is not going to save anyone's life and people need to take control of their safety for the government is overwhelmed and impotent on this one.
We're Fu*ked!
As we enter one of the most aggressive hurricane seasons on record, I cannot even imagine what a hurricane would do with oil in the Gulf of Mexico. Dealing with oil on the beach is one thing, but what if we had to deal with it in our streets, in our businesses, in our homes? What if we had to rescue humans covered in oil? What if this is no longer isolated to just the Gulf Coast but found its way up the great rivers to our inner cities? Now imagine if you will, the dispersants mixed with oil which could possibly cause untold diseases and catastrophic health hazards of a biblical proportion. It staggers the imagination, or is it prophetic? What if we are dealing with the wrath of God? Please visit my website. Author of the book Final Warning
FEMA camps or not. You will not be able to hide. Oil-Corexit 9500 toxic rain will contaminate the water supply.
I am located in central florida - I have had a thriving vegetable garden since March - Absolutely beautiful, well taken care of, 41 different varieties of plants, flowers, fruits and vegetables. Over the past week - the acid rain has wiped out my entire garden. ='( The leaves of tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, watermelon and more begin to see brown dead spots and soon starts to shrivle and die. I am very angry about what is happening and I can just imagine what is being absorbed into our aquifer and drinking water.
Here is something to help you with the urgency...
World leaders at the G8 summit in Muskoka, Ontario states that President Obama has warned his counterparts that the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster “will most likely kill millions, perhaps tens of millions” of people during the coming year.
april,you are so true.im on the alabama coast and the same thing is going on with my garden even the grass.in addition to your problem,mine on some plants are leaving white powder like seven dust.i do not use any poison!the trees are doing the same and also dying.
seriously. did you vote for these people???????????
shame on you
this is a joke paper like the onion right? Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha. Good One.
I am quite certain that BP, knew the chemicals in the dispersants were highly volatile and poisonous. I also think they are spreading by evaporation and changing the weather patterns around the world. I think they had alot to do with the Morrow county wheat feilds that died....Morrow county is famous for it's fog inversions....sad.....Man is his own worst enemy.
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