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Toxins in air from evaporating oil may pose greater threat to Gulf residents than oily water
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Posted on 06/16/2010 4:26:21 AM PDT by chessplayer
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Looks to me like the the toxin levels of oil/corexit in the air are already dangerously high.
To: chessplayer
Scary stuff. This is going to get far worse before it gets better.
To: kara2008
Just like you said........
To: chessplayer
This article is complete and total garbage. NONE of the concentrations are anywhere close to being dangerous.
The "physical symptom" from H2S is that you can SMELL IT. It is NOT dangerous until levels 100X higher than those given.
And both of the organizations quoted are far left/green. The truth is not to be had from such sources.
To: chessplayer
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posted on
06/16/2010 4:33:37 AM PDT
by
Diogenesis
(Article IV - Section 4 - The United States shall protect each of them against Invasion)
To: chessplayer
can’t be anywhere near as bad as the toxic cloud DC is spreading over the country...
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posted on
06/16/2010 4:33:48 AM PDT
by
mo
To: Wonder Warthog
Knowing how the humidity and heat can intensify any odors, being there day after day breathing those fumes, couldn’t be a picnic.
What about the stuff you can’t smell?
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posted on
06/16/2010 4:35:30 AM PDT
by
wolfcreek
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsd7DGqVSIc)
To: chessplayer
200 miles inland is pretty much the entire state of Florida.
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posted on
06/16/2010 4:38:05 AM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: chessplayer
Oh great, so we’re back to the miasma theory of health care now. Let me know when they bring back bloodletting....
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posted on
06/16/2010 4:40:33 AM PDT
by
Eepsy
(www.pioacademy.org)
To: chessplayer
I wonder truly indeed if a hurricane would actually help wash the Gulf clean.
If so then it could start with creating huge man made dust storms off the east coast of Africa.
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posted on
06/16/2010 4:43:16 AM PDT
by
Eye of Unk
("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act" G.Orwell)
To: All
That’s okay. Eric Holder’s law firm will start the lawsuits soon.
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posted on
06/16/2010 4:43:38 AM PDT
by
newnhdad
(The longest of journeys begins with one step.)
To: chessplayer
Being less than half a mile from the Gulf, this is not good news for Mr. & Mrs. 2ndDivisionVet. She just had a stroke in April, neither one of us in great shape, don’t need any more problems. Thanks, hard-working chief executive (or is that golfer-in-chief?)
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posted on
06/16/2010 4:44:47 AM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(Don't care if he was born in a manger on July 4th! A "Natural Born" citizen requires two US parents!)
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To: driftdiver
My Liberal sister sent me an email earlier this week concerning the complete evacuation of all Gulf Coast states due to this.....and guess where those people would have to go...yep, the good old internment camp!
Now the reason I mention my sister being Liberal is she loves the environment and this “crap” according to her is really on her last nerve....even to the point where she is questioning the confidence of her beloved candidate. Only too happy to capitalize on this, I make sure I send her information on a steady basis on other incompetence which are so obvious to me and I am hoping I too will not have to waste this disaster!
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posted on
06/16/2010 4:51:37 AM PDT
by
4everontheRight
("America is good. And if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great." Tocquevill)
To: chessplayer
Like the little boy that cried wolf, I no automatic believe it when some experts tells me the world is coming to an end.
This all may be true, or it may be partially true or it may be entirely false. We can no longer trust those that wish to warn us since they may have an agenda our friends in the media do not report.
To: Wonder Warthog
It's not as far fetched as you might believe. Sour crude is loaded with hydrogen sulfide and other nasties. That being said though, the overall diluent effect of the ocean water and air would keep the concentration levels down below toxicity. You may be able to smell it as our senses are very in-tune to the odor of lower concentrations of H2S. Higher concentrations shut down the olfactory senses and then kill you pretty quickly. If that were the case, there's no way any vessels could operate in the area.
Probably not good for the fishies though...
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posted on
06/16/2010 5:04:32 AM PDT
by
Tuxedo
(Got to keep the loonies on the path...)
To: chessplayer
Hey, we’ve been putting up with toxins in the air from the MSM for decades.
To: chessplayer
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posted on
06/16/2010 5:19:33 AM PDT
by
A.A. Cunningham
(Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
To: Wonder Warthog
And both of the organizations quoted are far left/green. The truth is not to be had from such sources. This is just jury conditioning in preparation for the multiple lawsuits to follow. I am reminded of how the dust from the collapsing towers of the World Trade Center became a deadly culprit several years afterwards. They claimed the responders were not adequately warned or equipped. This stuff on the gulf is the same.
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posted on
06/16/2010 5:50:57 AM PDT
by
Mind-numbed Robot
(Not all that needs to be done needs to be done by the government)
To: chessplayer
The toxins come from the dispersant chemicals...not the oil.
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posted on
06/16/2010 6:33:34 AM PDT
by
capt. norm
(Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.)
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