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lunatica

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5. What a fucking nightmare

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 07:22 AM

Aug 2012

It's heartbreaking. How anyone could have thought this would be any different than it is is mind boggling.

Yet they keep running those ads about how great the Gulf States are doing, trying to convince everyone that those States are even better off than they were before the fucking oil spew.

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Study: Dispersants may have hurt Gulf food chain [View all] Judi Lynn Aug 2012 OP

BP... sakabatou Aug 2012 #1

anyone who read anything about Corexit knows it was banned in GB & some reports are wordpix Aug 2012 #19

Duh, f-ing, duh. BP should be dissolved, CEO's jailed, assets seized. grahamhgreen Aug 2012 #2

I do not understand what the problem is Angry Dragon Aug 2012 #3

Who'd have thunk chemicals that break up petrolium might be toxic to flora and fauna? dballance Aug 2012 #4

What a fucking nightmare lunatica Aug 2012 #5

Who has 3 million gallons of dispersant lying around? Sancho Aug 2012 #6

Excellent point lunatica Aug 2012 #7

yes, good way to get rid of the chemical Gr. Britain banned, & get paid for the dumping! wordpix Aug 2012 #20

I only buy local (north atlantic) seafood now. Marrah_G Aug 2012 #8

As the subject is the dispersants dipsydoodle Aug 2012 #9

Sorta like the study that teeny parts per billion of Roundup dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 #14

One could safely assume that the dispersants are not evenly distributed through the gulf waters. Scuba Aug 2012 #15

I represent fishermen up and down the Gulf coast and I can tell you that YES, it is Dustlawyer Aug 2012 #16

and how many ppb DDT was sprayed that nearly wiped out bald eagles entirely from US? wordpix Aug 2012 #21

The most toxic component dipsydoodle Aug 2012 #24

my point is, even a low concentration of a toxic chemical can do great damage wordpix Aug 2012 #26

DDT bio-accumulates so that it gets The Second Stone Aug 2012 #29

The Corexit wouldn't have diluted simultaneously into the entire volume of water, if ever IDemo Aug 2012 #25

D'oh Berlum Aug 2012 #10

In other news: water is still wet. Well, maybe a bit oiler but wet never the less. nt Javaman Aug 2012 #11

No kidding. Hugin Aug 2012 #12

BP = Bastard Polluters. Odin2005 Aug 2012 #13

K&R. They used poisonous chemicals to improve the optics. Overseas Aug 2012 #17

that's it, exactly: "improve the optics" ---add "and the PR" wordpix Aug 2012 #27

it is crazy prismpalette Aug 2012 #18

Welcome to the DU! CountAllVotes Aug 2012 #23

No Shit otohara Aug 2012 #22

Du rec. Nt xchrom Aug 2012 #28

Link. Igel Aug 2012 #30

Comments Igel Aug 2012 #31