Washington’s Blog: Mercenaries, BP, Corexit …
Watch the two videos, before reading the remainder. Here are links to the CDC, for their take on risk from light crude and dispersant. However, and offered as counterpoint, a different set of folks are a little more concerned ... net-net, don’t soak your kids in Gulf waters. Children are particularly susceptible to these chemicals, and exposure might set them up for all kinds of immunological and neurological issues.
Best sources I can find say oil is toxic at 11ppm, and Corexit at 2.61ppm, so Gulf waters classify as ‘toxic’, if these reports and assessments are true. I’ll keep looking for better references, as I have time. The benzene is particularly concerning to me ... that’s nasty stuff to expose a kid to.
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