Independent Water Samples Of The BP Gulf Oil Spill Contradict EPA Samples And Found To Be Highly Toxic
Posted by Alexander Higgins - July 8, 2010 at 9:28 am - Permalink - Source via Alexander Higgins Blog
Oil/Water samples from Gulf…VERY TOXIC
Documentary film maker James Fox retrieved water samples from the BP Gulf Oil Spill and sent those water samples to a lab for independent analysis.
The analysis of the independent water samples of the BP Gulf Oil Spill showed that the concentration of the toxic chemical found in the water samples was over 150 times the lethal dosage for fish.
Furthermore the chemical that was detected at such high concentrations is only a minor ingredient of the neurotoxin pesticide.
That means that the level of Corexit in the water must be much higher.
According to the lab scientist who analyzed the water samples that indicates that the level of Corexit in the water is so astronomically high that in in fact poses a direct threat to human life.
From the video description at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq65E7rmO_k.
Oil and water samples were taken from both the Shores of Grand Isle and from 20 miles out. The preliminary analysis was done at an academic analytical chemistry laboratory. Looking for the likely pollutants from the deep water Horizon Oil spill. It was focused on the detection of benzene and propylene glycol. Benzene and other highly toxic contaminants were very low however the concentration of propylene glycol was between 360 and 440 parts per million. Just 25 parts per million is know to kill most fish and propylene glycol is just one of many ingredients found in Corexit. In short, the Gulf is being poisoned by BP’s usage of the dispersants even after the EPA asked them to stop back in May. We are willing to provide ANY respected/known laboratory these samples or provide them with more. This is very serious to all people and marine life in and around the Gulf.
So how does the Government water samples compare to the independent toxicity tests near Grand Isle?
After quite the bit of a round around I finally answered that question.
For starters the EPA provides you with following map of the Louisiana sampling locations which conveniently clips off the Grand Isle testing locations so you can’t get the actual site number to compare to the published water sample results.
Of course I wasn’t going to give up that easy.
I then found an interactive map that is supposed to allow you to download the cumulative data for each testing site by clicking on a link such as pictured below for the Grand Isle location, but even that didn’t work.
Alright, I notice there is a latitude and longitude on the EPA water samples so I took the location from the EPA Map above.
From that map I find the Grand Isle Site located at Lat: 29.301667, Long: -89.163617.
Finally after scanning through all the pages on the water samples I finally locate the water sample results taken near Grand Isle.
Here are the corresponding water samples taken near that location taken from the EPA Water sampling PDF.
Notice how propylene glycol isn’t even listed as a chemical being tested for contamination.
Even worse is while propylene glycol is found in such high concentrations in the independent water samples it is only a minor ingredient of Corexit.
That means that the major ingredients in Corexit should be found in higher concentrations in the EPA Samples but reviewing the results we see that just is not the case.
In fact the only chemical that the EPA detected at all in their tests near Grand Isle was Vanadium.
How in the world do the EPA samples indicate not a single ingredient of Corexit or even worse not a single compound of OIL in their samples.
Also, who else noticed this besides me?
BP Gulf Oil Spill Clean Up Center On Grand Isle Has Ventilation System On Tents
According to the EPA and OSHA there haven’t been any tests showing air quality samples above toxic levels.
Why the ventilation system on the tents?
The government also claims that the air quality is so safe that there is no need for the oil spill clean up workers to wear ventilation masks.
But here we see the hypocrites at the command center working inside of tents with a ventilation system installed to clean the air.
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I believe that the answer to the ventilation system on the tents is simple and obvious. Those are temporary/portable air conditioners. It's hot and humid down there in Louisiana right now so it isn't unreasonable to have air conditioning in those tents.
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The author of the video posted above states that he will publish the official lab report when he receives it in a couple of days.
If authentic, that lab report must be circulated as widely as possible.
Here is another video worth watching, by a biologist named Chris Pincetich, whose academic record can be googled:
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We do not know what human health effects might occur after long-term exposure to food and water contaminated with benzene. In animals, exposure to food or water contaminated with benzene can damage the blood and the immune system and can cause cancer.
Cancer is not something that will show up after a week of exposure to toxic chemicals – it can and does take years to form and cause its insidious damage. Telling the Gulf Locals to stay inside is not the answer…. the poison is everywhere, carried, as it were on the winds…….
http://just-me-in-t.blogspot.com/2010/07/there-is-no-danger-from-that-oil.html
The guy in the video said propanediol, probably indicating 1,2propanediol which is another name for propylene glycol.
Propylene glycol, by itself is not easily hazardous. I've crunched DNR fish-restocking guidances before and typically propylene glycol levels were not nearly as important as ethylene glycol (ethane diol).
However propylene glycol is listed as depleting oxygen when it biodegrades. This could certainly have an effect deep underwater where oxygen is more scarce.
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I'm a little leery of this one. It looks like the guy took his water samples from that small puddle of water with a tar ball in it, after he agitated the tarball. Of course levels of everything will be elevated.
Sampling protocol is so important. Did he do field blanks? Will those gloves contaminate water you're sampling?
The shown EPA results looks reassuring. Just some TOC and some metals. Wonder what the vanadium background was, prior to oil spill.
Nonetheless, the sampling is for basic target analytes only. I get the impression that they're just looking for oil, not Corexit. They should change that.
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This is exactly why we are raising funds to do our own unbiased rain, ground, drinking water & shore water testing right now! Please visit our page at http://www.chsl.webs.com and help out!
Omission of information from an agency like EPA on such a suject SHOULD scare the people of the coast into action. We suspect that there will be chemicals found in our rain water – which falls on our children’s playgrounds, our cars, homes, the food we grow, and US! Help us know the truth. THe results will be published on the website as soon as we can get it done.
You should mostly be concerned by the larger tropical storms. A good waterspout could suck up a great deal of contamination and disperse it over a wide area, but mere evaporation poses little risk. This is also why (albeit controversially), dispersants are being released at the seafloor. It causes a lot of damage deep underwater, but this was guaranteed from the moment the well exploded. By keeping oil from gathering on the surface, the government and BP have reduced the amount that could be carried to beaches or picked up by waterspouts.
It's very ugly, causes lasting damage and only is partly effective…but this well constitutes an extraordinarily difficult challenge. Reserve judgement until this week's maneuvers are complete, perhaps the leakage will be nearly stopped.
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Propylene Glycol is an emulsifying agent used in cosmetics and the like. This is what causes the oil to break up and sink as a chemical suspension. So its causing the oil to bind with the water making it harder to detect, but really not much more than that.
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