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from Kindra Arnesen's Facebook page:

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Pelican landed on a friends boat today, as they sat on the rigging of the boat the captian saw something he had never seen the pelicans were pooping straight blood as soon as I get the photos I will post them.

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America's Gulf: New Report Says It's Dying
January 1st, 2011

by Stephen Lendman

Concerned Citizens of Florida.com (CCF) believe efforts must be made now "to address what may very well be the greatest environmental catastrophe of North America in modern history....government (and media) cannot be relied on" for truthful information. As a result, its site is a platform for truth and accuracy on a disaster of such magnitude.

On December 1, CCF published a special Dr. Tom Termotto Gulf disaster report, titled "The Gulf of Mexico is Dying." He's National Coordinator for the Tallahassee, FL-based Gulf Oil Spill Remediation Conference (International Citizens' Initiative). Its disturbing findings are discussed below. He published them so "the world community will come together to further contemplate this dire and demanding predicament." Future generations depend on it.

Termotto's entire report can be accessed through the following link:
http://phoenixrisingfromthegulf.wordpress.com/

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Most important is that planet earth may be at stake, "slowly but surely filling up with (toxic) oil and gas."

Visual evidence and diagrams captured "the true state of the underlying geological formations around the various wells drilled in the Macondo Prospect....there is no dispute (about) the most serious geological changes (caused and continuing) in (Macondo's) region...."

Besides nearly three months of gushing, expect worse conditions ahead. "It's not a pretty picture" when explained fully and accurately. Evidence shows "the geology around the well bore has been blown. This occurred because of:"

-- contiguous drilling "to a salt dome;" and

-- destructive gas explosions, damaging "the integrity of the well casing, cementing, well bore, well head, and foundation around the well head."


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visual evidence reveals "numerous leaks and seeps throughout the seafloor surface (suggesting) sub-seafloor geological formations in great turmoil and undergoing unprecedented flux."

Once oil penetrates shallow fault areas, an uncontrollable situation exists, information again suppressed because revelation might threaten the future of oil and gas exploration. Coverup protects it, no matter the extreme geological and human hazards.


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Three Different Gulf Disasters

(1) the 87-day Macondo gushing.

(2) "Numerous leaks and seeps within five to ten square miles (of Macondo) with an (unknown) aggregate" daily hydrocarbon outflow.

(3) "Countless gushers and spills, leaks and seeps throughout the Gulf of Mexico" because of many decades of drilling. While the combined outflow is undetermined, it's likely to be significant, ensuring the Gulf's "slow and steady demise...."[/quote

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Methane is another problem. It's very corrosive when mixed with saltwater and mud. High pressure forces it to through seafloor cracks and crevices, "thereby creating a predicament that no science, technology or equipment can remedy."


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The following additional problems are explained:

(1) "The wanton and indiscriminate use of (Corexit dispersant) turned an extremely serious regional disaster into an unmitigated global" one. Mixed with oil caused "fundamentally altered" Gulf waters. "Many are concerned that a tipping point has already arrived and that this sea change will irrevocably transform a way of life" negatively.

(2) "The deeper the geological source of hydrocarbons, the more radioactive isotopes" enter oil and gas. Big Oil keeps it secret. "So secret in fact that, if this were to get out, this single scientific fact would seal the fate of the entire industry." Moreover, it confirms the (non-biological) abiotic and (non-biochemical) abiogenic origin of oil and gas, facts counter to Peak Oil theory. Macondo is rumored to have a "reservoir of abiotic oil the size of Mount Everest." Tapping it safely, however, is another matter.


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Oil per sé made a mess of the environment, but as it is a product of nature. I believe nature will eventually solve this problem. It might just take a while, and hence the cock up by the deliberate spill can't be lauded. In fact they should be criminalised for it and made to physically be responsible for the clean up job.

What is the REAL problem imo is the chemicals used to so call "disperse" the oil! I think the Corexit and other things used was a deliberate action by BP and/or Gubment to spread more disease to the environment and the people. Genocide in plain sight!


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This has to be one of the BIGGEST Human Blunders of all time.

What scares me is this is ONLY the begining of Corporate blunders and cover ups, I am ashamed to be a human right now :headbang

BP and the US Government can go :fu themselves!

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Deepwater Drilling Resumes Without Any Changes To Spill Liability

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WASHINGTON -- As deepwater drilling returns from a months-long hiatus in the Gulf of Mexico, the protections that Congress drew up to help victims of oil spills remains stuck in legislative limbo with no clear or likely path to passage.

The Obama administration announced on Monday that it would allow 13 companies to resume deepwater drilling, which it had suspended in May during the massive BP oil spill that followed the Deepwater Horizon's April 20 explosion.

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Recent postings from Kindra Arnesen's Facebook page:

Spill Commission Concludes Dispersants Are an Acceptable 'Tradeoff'

From Louisiana to Florida, cleanup workers, ordinary citizens, and tourists have been sickened by exposure to the toxic crude and dispersants. In the areas where people live near or are surrounded by the Gulf waters, documented cases of sickness consistent with chemical poisoning related to crude and dispersants continue to increase.

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The use of the Nalco Corexit dispersants has been riddled with controversy from the beginning. While the EPA theoretically has ultimate control over their use, a loophole in the National Oil and Hazardous Substance Pollution Contingency Plan (300.915 (d) ) allows the Coast Guard to unilaterally approve their deployment if the spill poses a "threat to human safety." One can not ignore the irony of this justification for the use of Corexit as the dispersant itself is a known carcinogen, causes genetic mutations, and can bioaccumulate, thus posing a health threat to anyone consuming seafood caught in contaminated waters. According to officials, dispersant use was terminated in mid-July. However, Corexit was observed being used and recorded in late October with continued reports of aircraft spraying through December and into January 2011 in Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida.

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More on the GMO bacteria being put into the Gulf:

Genetically-modified, oil-eating bacteria creating dangerous mutant organisms in the Gulf

Genetically-modified (GM), oil-eating bacteria introduced into the Gulf as part of the oil disaster's remediation efforts is reportedly causing the emergence of various other mutant bacteria, as well as increasingly-severe harm to humans and the environment.

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Though seemingly beneficial in theory, this GM bacteria is now replicating and spawning all sorts of mutated bacteria throughout the Gulf, and is gradually spreading throughout the oceans of the world. And when combined with chemical Corexit and the other toxic applications sprayed all over Gulf waters, it is a recipe for complete disaster that is now coming to fruition in the form of serious harm to humans.

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BP and the US Government can go :fu themselves!

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Can't argue with that In fact all world governments can go and JACK IT fair up themselves They can shove thier flags where the sun don't shine

The governments today are IMMORAL PIGS only thinking with their LOWER HEADS FIRST

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Dolphin Death Toll Spikes To Nearly 60 On Gulf Coast

BILOXI, Mississippi (Reuters/Leigh Coleman) - The death toll of dolphins found washed ashore along the U.S. Gulf Coast since last month climbed to nearly 60 on Thursday, as puzzled scientists clamored to determine what was killing the marine mammals.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration declared the alarming cluster of recent dolphin deaths "an unusual mortality event," agency spokeswoman Blair Mase told Reuters.

"Because of this declaration, many resources are expected to be allocated to investigating this phenomenon," she said.

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Kindra Arnesen on her FB page:
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Hmmm looks like they are getting worse curious why this has escalated since all the major fracking, folks water is catching fire when introduced to oped flame their holmes & land is cracking WTF is going on I mean really seems mother earth is PISSED

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Hat tip to Kindra Arnesen on her FB page:

NIH Begins Study of Oil Spill's Impact on Residents
by Sara Reardon on 28 February 2011, 5:19 PM

Today, the U.S. government launched what's being billed as the largest study ever conducted of how an oil spill affects human health. The Gulf Long-Term Follow-Up Study will survey Gulf of Mexico residents who helped with the cleanup of last year's Deepwater Horizon oil spill and follow them for at least 5 years.

con. here: http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsid ... 93f157%2C0

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BP execs may face manslaughter charges in Macondo blowout
By Justin Blum and Alison Fitzgerald
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Federal prosecutors are considering whether to pursue manslaughter charges against BP Plc managers for decisions made before the Gulf of Mexico oil well explosion last year that killed 11 workers and caused the biggest offshore spill in U.S. history, according to three people familiar with the matter.

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Charging individuals would be significant to environmental- safety cases because it might change behavior, said Jane Barrett, a law professor at the University of Maryland.

Read more here: http://fuelfix.com/blog/2011/03/29/bp-execs-may-face-manslaughter-charges/

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There is justice in this world :clap :clap :clap :clap

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19th-century law may come into play in BP case

Posted on March 30, 2011 at 12:30 am by chron.com

Prosecutors may look to a 173-year-old maritime law to bring manslaughter charges against individuals involved in the Deepwater Horizon disaster, adding to a legal arsenal that already includes the federal Clean Water Act.

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The burden of proof to win a conviction of seaman’s manslaughter — which is based on a law from the 1830s – is lower than for regular manslaughter. The sentence could be up to 10 years in prison.

It has been reported since early in the spill investigation that companies involved could face criminal charges under the Clean Water Act.

That law also exposes individuals to criminal liability – even if they were not directly involved or aware of an incident – under the “responsible corporate officer doctrine” that has developed through many years of case law.

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If prosecutors seek other charges, they might base the allegations on the Seaman’s Manslaughter Statute, written in response to deadly steamboat accidents in the early 1800s. Following the death of Sen. Josiah Johnston, a Louisiana Democrat who was killed when the steamboat Lioness exploded on the Red River in Louisiana in May 1833, President Andrew Jackson called for tougher steamboat safety laws.

A law eventually passed in 1838 aimed to encourage vigilance among steamboat crews by attaching criminal liability for fatal accidents.

But fatalities continued, so the law was updated in 1852 to require safety equipment on ships including lifeboats, life preservers and firefighting gear. This improved safety and formed the foundation for the U.S. Coast Guard inspection system.

Bar is low for proof
Because of the law’s original intent of boosting attentiveness by steamboat crews, the bar for convictions under the Seaman’s Manslaughter Statute is relatively low. It only requires proof of simple negligence, said Gregory Linsin, a former prosecutor with the Department of Justice Environmental Crimes Section who is now a partner with Blank Rome in Washington.

“Simple negligence is a failure to exercise the standard of care that a reasonably prudent person would exercise under the circumstances,” Linsin said.

Other manslaughter statutes, typically in state law, “generally require proof of gross negligence, which is a higher burden of proof involving recklessness or a willful disregard for a known risk,” he said. :hmm

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Read more here: http://fuelfix.com/blog/2011/03/30/19th-century-law-may-come-into-play-in-bp-case/

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There is justice in this world :clap :clap :clap :clap



Hold your horses L2L

They said "Considering" !!!



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At least they ARE considering bringing some to justice. This is a big step in placing blame where it belongs - at the top. However, they will never go high enough to get at the real sources of the scandalous practices that led to this mega-disaster.

A major part of the picture that is NOT being reported is the effect on the people (and animals, wild and domestic) living within range of the contaminants. I follow Kindra Arnesen on FB; the health, mental and physical, of those affected is horrific.

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This absolutley infuriates me :flame :rant :censor :headbang

F U BP :noway

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Court Rules US Taxpayers, Not BP Or Transocean, Are Liable For Gulf Oil Spill Clean Up Costs


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US District court has dismissed over 100,000 lawsuits brought against BP And Transocean to pay for oil spill clean up costs and environmental damages caused to the Gulf of Mexico from the BP Gulf Oil Spill. The court ruled that injury stopped the moment the well was sealed and the Federal Government, aka The US Taxpayer, is now liable for clean up costs along with any damages caused by deficiencies of the cleanup of the Gulf Of Mexico.

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During the hearing, Ervin Gonzales, of the plaintiff steering committee, said the cleanup has not been adequate and “the environment is suffering.”

Greg Buppert, an attorney for Defenders of Wildlife, told Barbier at the hearing that “the Endangered Species Act is not linked to the well spill; it is linked to the take of species.”

In response, Barbier cited the federal government’s investigation of the spill. Federal attorneys have said that criminal charges will be filed if the investigation turns up evidence of willful negligence by the defendants.

Because of the continuing investigation, the government has tried to keep certain issues undercover. For instance, autopsy results of the hundreds of dead baby dolphins that have washed up along the Gulf Coast have been kept private, and independent scientists have not been allowed to conduct their own autopsies.

“Isn’t that what the federal government is doing?” Barbier asked on May 26. “It sounds like you think they may not do it right.”

Later that day, Barbier told Buppert: “It’s speculative right now. You’re surmising that somebody is going to do something that you don’t like.”


The quote above is taken from the article referenced in the post above.

I don't see how the US taxpayer is at risk here, frankly. I think the blog post is misrepresenting the case.

From what I read the judge dismissed only a portion (aka "bundle") of litigants from this massive case. These litigants include Defenders of Wildlife and others. These folks were not harmed in any way shape or form like, say, the shrimpers, crabbers and others.

I tend to agree with this judge. I don't think you can find case law on "somebody doing something you don't like."

I also don't see anything in the article that even remotely states that the US taxpayer is responsible for the clean up.

Jest my two cents...

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http://www.louisianarecord.com/news/236395-barbier-dismisses-citizens-master-complaint

Barbier dismisses citizens' master complaint
6/21/2011 7:35 AM By Steve Korris

Citizen suits for injunctions against Deepwater Horizon defendants stopped when the oil spill stopped, U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier ruled on June 16.

"An injury is not redressable by a citizen suit when the injury is already being addressed," he wrote.

He dismissed a master complaint that a plaintiff steering committee filed in December, ruling it moot and calling it useless.

He denied standing to the plaintiffs and wrote that defendants aren't violating the laws plaintiffs want him to enforce.

"Although an injunction need not return the waters to the pre-spill state, it must, however, provide some benefit or reduction in pollution," he wrote.

"In this case, no such benefit may be achieved by the court's injunction," he wrote.

"The Macondo well is dead, and what remains of the Deepwater Horizon vessel is on the ocean floor, where it capsized and sank in 5,000 feet of water," he wrote.

"Moreover, BP and the agencies comprising the unified area command have been and are cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico," he wrote.

"Plaintiffs here do not assert any deficiency in the federal and state remediation efforts, nor can plaintiffs or the court second guess existing governmental remediation decision making," he wrote.

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They asked to sample the well for 10 years, at the expense of defendants.

They asked for copies of any reports defendants sent to regulators for five years.

BP moved in February to dismiss their complaint, claiming they ignored prerequisites to citizen suits.

"Plaintiffs proceed as if they are entitled to exercise the enforcement prerogatives of the United States," Don Haycraft of New Orleans wrote.

"They are not," he wrote.

He claimed penalties the plaintiffs proposed would run to $4,300 a barrel, and he objected to them bringing up money in a complaint for injunctive relief.

"To do so is to seek monetary relief through the back door or to improperly attempt to induce the court into making a factual finding that only the federal government is empowered to seek," he wrote.

He wrote that an underlying complaint of the Center for Biological Diversity sought such relief openly.

He quoted its original press release that it sought $19 billion in Clean Water Act penalties from BP.

Rig owner Transocean also moved to dismiss the master complaint.

Barbier dismissed it, finding plaintiffs didn't demonstrate an ongoing violation of statutes they based their claims on.

He wrote that "no future oriented injunction can provide any meaningful relief for plaintiffs in terms of stopping discharges that already concluded in mid-July 2010."

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Dangerous allegations in the Gulf of Mexico

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A simple swim in the Gulf of Mexico has complicated Steven Aguinaga's life in ways he could have never imagined.

In July 2010, Aguinaga, now 33-years-old, had gone on a vacation with his wife and some friends to Fort Walton Beach, Florida. After he and his close friend Merrick Vallian went swimming in the Gulf, they both became extremely sick from what Aguinaga believes were chemicals in BP's oil and dispersants from the largest marine oil spill in US history that began in April 2010.

The 4.9 million barrels of oil spilled into the Gulf continues to affect people living near the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida.

Compounding the problem, BP has admitted to using at least 1.9 million gallons of toxic dispersants, which are banned by some countries, including the UK. According to many scientists, these dispersants create an even more toxic substance when mixed with crude oil.

Aguinaga's blood has tested positive for high levels of chemicals present in BP's oil, and he described his ailments to Al Jazeera.

"I have terrible chest pain, at times I can't seem to get enough oxygen, and I'm constantly tired with pains all over my body. At times I'm pissing blood, vomiting dark brown stuff, and every pore of my body is dispensing water."

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Rotten Buggers :fu



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Ahhh so, grasshopper!

Can't wait to see their work validated by other scientists but as it stands it makes sense to me. It certainly helps to clarify some of the puzzling scientific observations that occurred shortly after the spill.


January 9, 2012, 3:05 pm
Revisiting the Deepwater Horizon Plumes

By JUSTIN GILLIS

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Still, some things about the plumes have never been particularly clear. For instance, several research groups found evidence of a plume spreading southwest from the Macondo well, where the blowout occurred. But other researchers found plumes drifting northeast at a different point. And chemical findings were equally puzzling: at times, for example, the hydrocarbons near the well seemed fresh, as if they had just come out of the reservoir beneath the sea floor, but at other times they appeared to be far along in decomposing, as though they had been in the water for weeks or even months.

Now an intriguing new paper appears to make sense of all this.

The paper, released on Monday afternoon by the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, will come as a relief to many scientists who worked on the spill. It suggests that most of their measurements were valid and consistent with one another, even though that did not seem to be the case at the time. What was almost certainly wrong was the image many of us had in our heads then, of hydrocarbon plumes stretching away from the wellhead like undersea rivers.

The new work was led by David L. Valentine and Igor Mezic of the University of California, Santa Barbara. Dr. Valentine was one of the researchers who worked in the gulf during the spill. Troubled by apparent inconsistencies among the findings of various scientific teams, he enlisted Dr. Mezic, a leading expert in fluid dynamics, who in turn helped bring in a group of Croatian researchers who were prominent in that field.

They built on a computer model used by the Navy to understand ocean currents, incorporating a slew of measurements made during the spill and adding the biology needed to represent the organisms that helped break down Macondo hydrocarbons. In essence, their model reconstructed the movement and breakdown of the undersea hydrocarbons during the blowout and afterward.

A primary finding is that, instead of forming undersea rivers or plumes, the dissolved oil and gas more likely formed big, billowing clouds that drifted around the northern gulf, appearing and reappearing in different places at different times — thus confounding scientific attempts to develop a clear picture. “You could almost think of it as layered clouds, but with more of a sort of swirling motion and back and forth than you would get from a sky cloud,” Dr. Valentine said. His group has produced a video that gives a sense of how the flow worked.

The paper suggests that scientific groups that thought they were tracking a persistent plume southeast of the wellhead were actually seeing recurrent appearances of oil and gas in these drifting clouds. The hydrocarbons in a particular spot were sometimes fresh, but sometimes they were making a second or third appearance at that location and had had weeks to break down — explaining the apparently conflicting chemical measurements. :hmm

In retrospect, the basic finding should perhaps come as no great surprise. Dr. Valentine pointed out that the northern Gulf of Mexico is almost like a large enclosed bay, with land wrapping around it on three sides. No strong current dominates the deep ocean in that region, so it makes sense that the hydrocarbons essentially drifted. “It’s not a river — it’s not water moving rapidly all in one direction,” Dr. Valentine said. “It’s a lot of sloshing movement — sometimes to the southeast, sometimes to the northeast, sometimes in a swirl.” :clap

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Read more here: http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/09/revisiting-the-deepwater-horizon-plumes/?hp

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I haven't posted on this thread for some time, but there is just so much info out there (not in the MSM of course; you have to hunt for it) that at times I've felt overwhelmed. I think it is time to look again at the ongoing disaster which is the Gulf of Mexico. I'm posting a few stories I have seen from following Kindra Arnesen on FB.

Two Years Later: BP's Toxic Legacy

Research support for this article was provided by The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute and the Puffin Foundation. Additional research by Lindsey Ingraham and Amit Shrivastava.

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STORY OF ONE FAMILY, TOLD BY THE MOTHER, NICOLE:
"Nicole tells me that the two years since the tragedy began on April 20, 2010, have been “a total nightmare” for her family. Not only has her husband William’s fishing income all but vanished along with the shrimp he used to catch but the entire family is plagued by persistent health problems."

Her 6-year-old daughter Brooklyn’s asthma got worse, and she now has constant upper respiratory infections.

Elizabeth (formerly the "well" kid in the family) constantly suffers from rashes, allergies, inflamed sinuses, sore throat and an upset stomach.

William worked from June to October 2010 as part of the Vessels of Opportunity program that paid the fishermen BP put out of business to use their boats to clean up its oil.....William’s symptoms began with coughing, then headaches and skin rashes, followed by vomiting and diarrhea. About three to six months later, he started bleeding from his ears and nose and suffering from a heavy cough.

On February 27, US District Court Judge Carl Barbier was to hear opening arguments against BP, Transocean, Halliburton and all the companies involved in the disaster. The case consolidates virtually every civil charge brought against the companies by individuals, business and property owners, and the federal and state governments. It is the most complex and significant environmental litigation in history. As this article goes to press it seems unlikely that the plaintiffs will ever get their day in court. Instead, the judge has issued continuances to allow more time for a series of settlement deals to be negotiated.

Many people whose health was adversely affected by the spill would be excluded.

In August 2011 the Government Accountability Project (GAP) began its investigation of the public health threats associated with the oil spill cleanup, the results of which will be released this summer. “Over twenty-five whistleblowers in our investigation have reported the worst public health tragedies of any investigation in GAP’s thirty-five-year history,” Shanna Devine, GAP legislative campaign coordinator, told me.

the BP spill (is) a toxic “gumbo of chemicals” to which the people, places and wildlife of the Gulf continue to be exposed.

the ailments appearing among Gulf response workers and residents mirrored those reported after previous oil spills, including the Exxon Valdez spill, and warned that chronic adverse health effects, including cancers, liver and kidney disease, mental health disorders, birth defects and developmental disorders—a list that is repeated by several of the NIEHS study physicians—should be anticipated among sensitive populations and those most heavily exposed. In an interview, Diaz added that neurological disorders should also be anticipated.

Lots more here: http://www.thenation.com/article/167461 ... xic-legacy

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It's almost two years since BP's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Now, scientists say they have found deformities among seafood and a great decline in the numbers of marine life.


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Sea Foam Contains PAH's Almost Two Years After Oil Spill

On February 27, 2012, concerned citizens and LEAN members Dennis and Lori Bosarge collected samples of water and foam from the beach in Bayou La Batre, AL. While foam in general is a common and natural occurrence along the Gulf Coast; lately the dark color and persistence of the foam has been somewhat unusual according to some residents.

Laboratory analysis of the foam did confirm the presence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons(PAH's) including anthracene, naphthalenes, phenanthrene as well as many other PAH's found in crude oil and consistent with those found in BP oil from the Macondo well site.

Marco Kaltofen, a civil engineer with Boston Chemical Data, has been providing technical assistance for LEAN since the Oil Spill began. Kaltofen notes, The data show that BP oil is still in the environment, two years later. The presence of such concentrated oil in sea foam is a sign of serious environmental damage.

The Gulf ecosystem, the fishing industry, and coastal communities have suffered greatly since the 2010 Oil Spill. Though a settlement looms, the struggles faced here seem far from over. Clear/honest information, direct support for struggling communities and ADEQUATE REMEDIATION is necessary for the recovery of the Gulf Coast and much like the oil still found on our shores, seems inadequately addressed some 2 years later.

http://www.leanweb.org/our-work/water/b ... -oil-spill

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First criminal charges filed in BP oil spill
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updated 5:15 PM EDT, Tue April 24, 2012

Washington (CNN) -- A former BP engineer has been charged with destroying 200-plus text messages about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, including one concluding that the undersea gusher was far worse than reported at the time.

Kurt Mix faces two counts of intentionally destroying evidence requested by authorities, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday. The charges mark the first criminal case brought in conjunction with the 2010 blowout in the Gulf of Mexico, which spewed nearly 5 million barrels of crude into the sea.

Mix had been assigned to estimate the size of the spill, and one of the messages investigators recovered "includes real-time flow-rate analysis" during an effort to plug the damaged well. That data contradicted the company's public statements about the ongoing disaster, according to an FBI agent's affidavit outlining the charges against him.

The effort, called a "top kill," involved plugging the ruptured deep-sea well by pumping heavy drilling fluid into it from the surface, nearly a mile above.

"Before Top Kill commenced, Mix and other engineers had concluded internally that Top Kill was unlikely to succeed if the flow rate was greater than 15,000 barrels of oil per day," the Justice Department said in a statement announcing the charges. At the time, the publicly announced estimate of the spill was 5,000 barrels a day.

On the first day of the operation, Mix sent a message back to his supervisor that read, "Too much flowrate -- over 15,000 and too large an orifice," an FBI affidavit outlining the charges states.

That data indicated "that Top Kill was not working, contrary to BP's public statements at that time," the affidavit states. BP announced three days later that the operation had failed.

According to the affidavit, an early estimate of the blowout Mix produced ranged from 64,000 barrels a day to 138,000; another ranged from 1,000 to 146,000 per day. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ultimately concluded that about 59,200 barrels of liquid oil a day flowed from the well before it was capped, making it the worst oil spill in U.S. history.

In a statement issued Tuesday, BP said it was cooperating with Justice Department and other investigations into the spill, which lasted nearly three months. The company had no comment on the allegations against Mix but said it "had clear policies requiring preservation of evidence in this case and has undertaken substantial and ongoing efforts to preserve evidence.

Read more here: http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/24/us/gulf-oil-spill/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

This is big news in my little part of the world as Mix is from Katy, TX - a small town (really a suburb now) just West of Houston.

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http://www.newworldorderreport.com/News ... Years.aspx

LIST OF PEOPLE WHO ARE EITHER MISSING SICK OR DEAD THAT SPOKE OUT ABOUT THIS


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