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EPA’s PR Stunts
Jul 22nd
EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson (who should have been fired already) tweeted a link to USA Today’s “article” on the EPA dispersant “studies”. Essentially, USA Today published a carefully worded press release on behalf of the EPA, making it look as though it is reporting real news. Please take note: this is little more than another PR stunt from EPA, which apparently cares more about protecting its image than the environment or public health. More >
Study: Corexit Cuts Survival Rates By 50%
Jul 14th
In the video below Andy Nyman, Associate Professor at LSU, highlights a prior study done on Corexit 9500 and 9527, the two varieties of Nalco dispersant being used by BP in the Gulf of Mexico oil catastrophe.
Nyman’s study shows these two forms of Corexit cut the marine life survival rate in half over South Louisiana Crude alone. Combine this, with the review of 450 scientific articles spanning 11 years posted here and you have to wonder why the EPA is claiming its 4 weeks of studies are better than all the existing scientific data that disagree. More >
Where Waste Management Takes Toxic Material
Jul 11th
I can corroborate the activity at the location noted in this video from James C Fox. My entire life I have driven the “back roads” of Baldwin County to the beach. I know County Roads 65 and 12 like the back of my hand.
When I was home a few weeks ago I drove that route several times and noticed the facility in this video. More >
Buying Time and Selling Out
Jul 8th
Video: BP’s Sand Job
Jul 7th
As they continue to give a much needed voice to gulf coast residents all along their journey, Project Gulf Impact highlights this Pensacola resident showing what BP, et al, keep denying. You cannot deny the difference in the beautiful, natural, white sand that lines Pensacola Beaches, making it so very special, and the sand BP is trucking in to dump on top of the oil-soaked white sand. More >
Who Is BP Putting In Your Community?
Jul 6th
Destin resident Rachelle Roubique details her “adventure” finding a way to contribute to the gulf oil spill clean up efforts, via BP. It sounds about at easy as my efforts to de-code EPA air/water quality data, but far more disgusting. I encourage you to read Rachelle’s entire report here. Excerpts follow: More >
The Truth About Oil Spill Health Impacts
Jun 26th
UPDATE (Jun 27): Since posting this I’ve heard from some contacts in Alaska who firmly disagree with CNN’s assessment that “most of the Exxon Valdez oil spill workers are dead.” There are quite a few who have died, and there was one ship in particular on which everyone died. It was called the “death ship” locally. More >
Why The UK Banned Corexit
Jun 26th
UPDATE: June 29 In the interest of integrity and maintaining factual data, I will always update and post corrections as I learn new information on a topic. To that end, the information in the original post below More >
Update From The Gulf Coast
Jun 23rd
I’ve been here almost a week and one thing is certain – we are not getting the full story from either BP or the US Government. I was fortunate to be able to speak with Dr. Riki Ott this week and, when asked about the people swimming in the beaches, her response was perfect. She replied: “In the absence of true leadership, we all need to exercise a whole lot of common sense. More >
Message To New Readers
Jun 23rd
Thanks for stopping by and for caring enough to get involved! Here are a few articles that you need to be sure to see. More >
Clean The Gulf Now In The News
Jun 22nd
Bill Riales did an excellent job with this interview, as part of his mission to track down the truth about dispersant use in the Gulf of Mexico. As always we here at Clean The Gulf Now encourage you to get informed and get involved!
Review of Oil Spill Dispersant Literature
Jun 17th
In A Review of Literature Related to Oil Spill Dispersants (1997 – 2008, total of 430 papers) this comprehensive report considers the impact, effectiveness and related factors for using dispersants in oil spills. I’ve called out some important excerpts here. If you don’t have time to read it all, at least review the sections that are in bold. More >
