Corexit: “People who work near it are hemorrhaging internally.”
July 26th, 2010Via: Democracy Now:
Well, Corexit is one of a number of dispersants, that are toxic, that are used to atomize the oil and force it down the water column so that it’s invisible to the eye. In this case, these dispersants were used in massive quantities, almost two million gallons so far, to hide the magnitude of the spill and save BP money. And the government—both EPA, NOAA, etc.—have been sock puppets for BP in this cover-up. Now, by hiding the amount of spill, BP is saving hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars in fines, and so, from day one, there was tremendous economic incentive to use these dispersants to hide the magnitude of the gusher that’s been going on for almost three months.
Congressman Markey and Nadler, as well as Senator Mikulski, have been heroes in this respect. Congressman Markey made the BP and government put a camera down there to show the public the gusher. And when they did that, experts saw that the amount of material, oil being released, is orders of magnitudes greater than what BP and NOAA and EPA were saying. And the cover-up started to evaporate.
But the use of dispersants has not. Consequently, we have people, wildlife—we have dolphins that are hemorrhaging. People who work near it are hemorrhaging internally. And that’s what dispersants are supposed to do. EPA now is taking the position that they really don’t know how dangerous it is, even though if you read the label, it tells you how dangerous it is. And, for example, in the Exxon Valdez case, people who worked with dispersants, most of them are dead now. The average death age is around fifty. It’s very dangerous, and it’s an economic—it’s an economic protector of BP, not an environmental protector of the public.
Now, the one thing that I did want to mention to you, Amy, that’s occurred in most investigations, back even in the Watergate days, people said, “follow the money.” And that’s correct. In this case, you’ve got to follow the money. Who saves money by using these toxic dispersants? Well, it’s BP. But then the next question—I’ve only seen one article that describes it—who owns BP? And I think when you look and see who owns BP, you find that it’s the majority ownership, a billion shares, is a company called BlackRock that was created, owned and run by a gentleman named Larry Fink. And Vanity Fair just did recently an article about Mr. Fink and his connections with Mr. Geithner, Mr. Summers and others in the administration. So I think what’s needed, we now know that there’s a cover-up. Dispersants are being used. Congress, at least three Congress folks—Congressman Markey, Congressman Nadler and Senator Mikulski—are on the case. And I think the media now has to follow the money, just as they did in Watergate, and tell the American people who’s getting money for poisoning the millions of people in the Gulf.
i say, “well done HUGH KAUFMAN”!!!!
funny how the entire worldwide mrdia seem to IGNORE the key point of who sits at the top of BP’s share register.
Blackrock.
Black sea.
Black fish.
Black sand.
Black pellicans.
Black dolphins.
Black planet.
Time to impeach Geithner and Summers? Dya think like me? I used to listen to Amy Goodman religiously until I found that she wouldn’t touch 9/11.
I am liking her again with this expose. “Vanity Fair just did recently an article about Mr. Fink and his connections with Mr. Geithner, Mr. Summers and others in the administration. So I think what’s needed, we now know that there’s a cover-up.” HAHA
Misters (AND i QUOTE THAT TITLE LOOSELY)Geithner and Summers, having been playing fast and hard in their manipulations of the financial markets and now they are tied to this environmental disaster?
The flucking Royal Family in England owns Bp. Geithner and Summers are like the traitors who we drove out of power in what became the U.S. Revolution because of opposition to royalty to the Queen of England.
Allowing them to use Corexit (or however its spelled) smells like TRAITORS IN OUR MIDST.
They use this stuff because they CAN.
Can someone tell me when we stopped bowing to the Queen of England?
Did that ever really occur?
Obama, Geithner, Summers protecting BP? What’s wrong with this picture?
It’s all about the money. They don’t care about the environment. Watch Avatar as much as I have over the last few months. A story about killing
people for their resources. All for “Unobatamian.”
Apt word I think. Un-obtamian.
This world as we know it just might possibly collapse because there are freaks who are bent on extracting every dollar or whatever on their balance sheet so that they have a good report for their investors. If so, WE ARE DOOMED AS A RACE OF PEOPLE INHABITING THIS PLANET.
Impeach Geithner, Summers, and well, if the world’s best interest be served, Obama.