Move over Brave New World -- BioRemediation is a Test Tube away
I hate to be a fearmonger (really I do). I'm a fact-driven guy, on most occasions. But this new plan on the Bio-drawing boards, has me a little worried. Especially considering the "kitchen sink"...
View ArticleUnderwater, the Water's Fine -- Anyone want to take a Dip?
Photographer Rich Matthews takes a closer look at oilJournalist dives into Gulf, can only see oil It takes 30 minutes to clean off after diving into ocean 40 miles from shore By RICH MATTHEWS,...
View ArticleNo more trust for BP on dispersants.
It's time we talk about dispersants. We need to rip into this. Pull it apart. Look at it. Examine it. Turn it over. Upside down. Inside out.We know this oil clean-up is a total clusterfuck. We know...
View ArticleCould this be the first signs of toxic rains from the BP Spill?
Last week a group of Russian scientists reported that the effect of the oil spill could mean acid rains across North America that could devistate the entire continent.http://www.eutimes.net/...And now...
View ArticleOil and Dispersant: Effects on Humans, by Susan D. Shaw, DrPH
http://www.meriresearch.org/Susan D. Shaw, Dr PH is a leading marine toxicologist. She recently dove right into the oil and reports on it.
View ArticleBio-Whats-zit?
Coming soon, to a devastated Ecosystem, near you -- MAYBE?Bio-RemediationWhat Is Bioremediation?Bioremediation can be defined as any process that uses microorganisms or their enzymes to return the...
View ArticleA Giant Vat of Liquid Smog Mixed with Blood Thinner
Are you curious about COREXIT, and its effects on the biochemistry of marine life that comes in contact with it? COREXIT is the dispersant that BP has sprayed by the millions of gallons into the Gulf...
View ArticleOilwellian
Watching the BP oil disaster unfold, lurking in the back of my mind has been a disturbing realization that the American people have few options for trustable protection -- from corporations or from our...
View ArticleOilwellian (contd): Mental health on Gulf coast
UPDATE 8-16-10: After months of virtual silence about mental health complaints among Gulf coast residents since the spill shook up lives -- and their way of life -- BP has announced they will fund...
View ArticleWhat Sick BP Oil Spill Workers?
A philosophical question for you. If no reporter is ever allowed to speak or meet with any of the many oil spill clean-up workers about the medical treatment they may or may not be receiving at a...
View ArticleAbout those New EPA Dispersant Tests
Perhaps you heard about the recent EPA Press Release, regarding latest Toxicity Testing results for Dispersants. Depending on which sound bite you heard, it almost sounded like Corexit got a clean...
View ArticleCorporate States on the Gulf of Mexico
Glenn Ford with Black Agenda couldn't have made it any clearer: leaving BP in charge of the oil spill response, and make no mistake, they are in charge, despite Coast Guard declarations to the...
View ArticleA sad state of affairs.
BP is the gift that will continue to screw the Gulf Coast region by poisoning them while continuing to cover up the oil spill.The EPA is the gift that continues to look LAME, against the power house...
View ArticleThe Exploding Water of the Gulf
If you aren't pissed off enough already with the slow-motion disaster in the Gulf, watching this news report from over the weekend might force you to let out a few more expletives. The video is genuine...
View ArticleThe Downplaying of Dispersants
I almost choked on my breakfast cereal when I read this headline in the Times Picayune today: Senator gently scolds EPA's Director(for that headline today there is no online link posted yet, so I...
View ArticleFuture? What Future?
These are three of the cheerful passages in the article. If you've never read the whole thing I'd recommend it...The Delusion Revolution: We're on the Road to Extinction and in DenialBy Robert...
View ArticleMedia putting Gulf oil disaster to bed
Crossposted from Street Prophets.Over the course of several weeks I began noticing something that, the more I thought about it, just didn't jive with reality. First came the collective sigh of relief...
View ArticleHouston, We got a New Problem -- BP's Oil has ALL Disappeared!?
OH NOES!Just when you thought the worse was over ...BP to scale back some oil response units, new leader pledges to stay for long haulby Doug Mouton / Northshore Bureau Chief wwltv.com -- July 30,...
View ArticleBP to offer claimants a One-time Payment
I think "Breaking" is the correct adjacent ...BP offers one-off payouts to stem Gulf oil spill lawsuitsLump-sum compensation offered in return for waiving the right to sue, but uncertainty remains for...
View ArticleExcessive Use of Dispersants? EPA Does What BP Tells it What to Do
Just yesterday Congressman Markey is asking if more dispersants were used than BP disclosed to the public. There have been a lot of questions surrounding the use of dispersants, from their level of...
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