The Obama administration and BP were warned, but they kept using Corexit (h/t: T-Bear):
“I was with my friend Albert, and we were both slammed with exposure,” Matsler explained of his experience on August 5, referring to toxic chemicals he inhaled that he believes are associated with BP’s dispersants. “We both saw the clumps of white bubbles on the surface that we know come from the dispersed oil.”
Gruesome symptoms
“I started to vomit brown, and my pee was brown also,” Matsler, a Vietnam veteran who lives in Dauphin Island, said. “I kept that up all day. Then I had a night of sweating and non-stop diarrhea unlike anything I’ve ever experienced.”
He was also suffering from skin rashes, nausea, and a sore throat…
…
“I’m still feeling terrible,” Matsler told Al Jazeera recently. “I’m about to go to the doctor again right now. I’m short of breath, the diarrhea has been real bad, I still have discoloration in my urine, and the day before yesterday, I was coughing up white foam with brown spots in it.”
As for Matsler’s physical reaction to his exposure, Hugh Kaufman, an EPA whistleblower and analyst, has reported this of the effects of the toxic dispersants:
“We have dolphins that are hemorrhaging. People who work near it are hemorrhaging internally. And that’s what dispersants are supposed to do…”
Read the rest. Of course, it’s from Al-Jazeera. Crazy A-rabs. They seem to think that the fourth estate’s job is to do real investigative journalism and expose the lies of governments and big corporations. Their reporters will never make millions a year as long as they keep such misguided ideals.
anon2525
Of course, it’s from Al-Jazeera. Crazy A-rabs. They seem to think that the fourth estate’s job is to do real investigative journalism and expose the lies of governments and big corporations.
Nakedcapitalism.com has been provided guest-post coverage of the on-going environmental disaster and health crime for many months now, particularly to (George?) washington’s blog, which recently relayed numerous (18 in the previous 3 days) items reported by the website Florida Oil Spill Law (FOSL):
Gulf Oil Spill … Mission Accomplished or Ongoing Crisis?
Of course, the internet writers are “just aggregators” ™, who are probably on drugs. All Real Reporting is done at national and international corporate media outlets by Serious Editors and Journalists.
jo6pac
Yes anon2525
All Real Reporting is done at national and international corporate media outlets by Serious Editors and Journalists.
They around out the criminal element nicely don’t they.
Yep everything fine come and join us for a swim the gulf. Yep nothing to see here, please move along. So sad:(
The other site that covers this still oil can blog.
Frank A.
In addition to washington’s blog, alexander higgins has worked tirelessly for months to get the truth out. This is just one individual citizen in New Jersey, but he really deserves a wider audience and many, many kudos for his effort. Check out his website here and be sure to peruse his archives. Alex represents citizen democracy at its best, imo.
dude
Here is some equally detailed description in text and video:
http://blog.locustfork.net/2010/09/thousands-of-people-along-the-gulf-coast-suffer-bp-crud/
This is not new “news”. It has been roundly ignored.
at the border
Their reporters will never make millions a year as long as they keep such misguided ideals.
nor will they be invited to the kewl kidz cocktail weenie parties nor be invited on the sunday morning bullshit filled talking head fests.
anon2525
In addition to washington’s blog, alexander higgins has worked tirelessly for months to get the truth out.
Speaking of getting the truth out, Truth-Out has been reporting from the gulf for months. Here is today’s report, which includes eleven pictures:
Fishermen Report Louisiana Bays Filled With Oil
lambert strether
I think the money quote is at the end:
anon2525
I think the money quote is at the end
You can watch Riki Ott saying this in videos at:
Toxicologist Dealing with at Least 3 Autopsies
Also, Washington’s Blog has another guest post today (10/27, that is) listing a large number of reports*
Reappearance of Huge Plumes of Oil is Making it Hard to Pretend that the Problem Has Disappeared
* No, they’re not from Serious Editors and Responsible Journalists, so there’s no need to be alarmed.
Formerly T-Bear
The striking statement that both vomit and urine were discoloured brown or that coughing produced black specks in the sputum, leads to expecting blood being present; not current bleeding which would be red or reddish colour, but recent hæmorrhaging where older hæmorrhage will appear blackish. Normal stool colour hides these indicators but can easily be determined by analytical tests. It is probably safer to assume blood being present until it is shown that other causes are present, determined by knowledgeable medical professionals. Internal bleeding is a serious medical condition.
There were early reports of dolphins showing signs of hæmorrhaging during the active spill in the Gulf of Mexico, seen by pilots flying to the scene and also reported by skippers working the area (no link). There was one report of a dead whale seen in the Gulf. The reports of health issues started early, for fishermen and those working shore cleanup but were denied by local authorities and not much reported in the national press.
Notorious P.A.T.
Nobody could have predicted that a chemical designed to make organic compounds break apart in the ocean would cause organic compounds to break apart in the human body.