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BP Gags
Gulf Workers
"Say one word and you're out of a job"
Excerpt:
Despite public statements by the US Coast Guard
and BP COO Doug Suttles, BP has continued
to refuse the media access to clean up sites
both on the shore and beaches and offshore.
It is clear from
this evidence that while the US Coast Guard and BP continues to
claim that there is
no media blackout and media restrictions, BP
has hired security thugs to enforce a media blockade.
Even more disturbing is the guards trying to restrict
the TV crew and reporter on a public beach.
Note how the BP security people are explicitly
warning workers not to talk to the TV reporter.
What they're hiding may be the scariest thing ever put on bartcop.com
BP dispersants
suspected in widespread crop damage
It's killing birds and small animals, too
Excerpt:
A mysterious “disease” has caused widespread
damage to plants from weeds to farmed organic and
conventionally grown crops. There is very strong
suspicion that ocean winds have blown Corexit aerosol
plumes or droplets and that dispersants have
caused the unexplained widespread damage or “disease”.
Just when you thought the damages BP could cause
was limited to beaches, marshes, oceans,
people’s livelihoods, birds and marine life,
there’s more.
BP’s favorite dispersant Corexit 9500 is being
sprayed at the oil gusher on the ocean floor. Corexit is also
being air sprayed across hundreds of miles of
oil slicks all across the gulf. There have been widespread
reports of oil cleanup crews reporting various
injuries including respiratory distress, dizziness and headaches.
Corexit is is four times more toxic than oil (oil is toxic at 11 ppm (parts per million), Corexit 9500 at only 2.61ppm).
In a report written for Exxon titled “Acute Aquatic
Toxicity of Three Corexit Products: An Overview”
Corexit 9500 was found to be one of the most
toxic dispersal agents ever developed.
Corexit mixed with the higher gulf coast water
temperatures becomes even more toxic.
If there was a spill in the UK’s North Sea, BP
is banned from using Corexit.
The danger to humans can be expected. The warnings
on the Corexit packaging is straightforward.
Breathing in Corexit is not recommended.
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