Posted on 05/23/2010 6:25:17 PM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist
To find out how much damage the Deepwater Horizon accident has caused the environment, experts are collecting water samples from the Gulf of Mexico for testing. But the federal government is requiring these samples to be tested at ONE laboratory (TDI Brooks International's B&B Laboratories) which does work for the petroleum industry, including BP, owner of the offshore oil platform that blew up and sank.
In addition to this potential conflict of interest, federal officials have mandated that BP gets to hire the companies that collect data as part of efforts to rescue wildlife covered with oil.
"Everywhere you look, if you look, you start seeing these conflicts of interest in how this disaster is getting handled," said Taylor Kirschenfeld, a Florida environmental official...
The New York Times also reported that a BP official, Sylvia V. Baca, currently serves as the deputy assistant secretary for land and minerals management in the Department of the Interior, giving her oversight of offshore drilling.
Conflict of Interest Worries Raised In Spill Tests (By Ian Urbina, New York Times) [Link at URL].
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Don’t drag things from thread to thread, especially when the poster in question doesn’t want any part of it.
At your instruction.
For the sake of clarity—I prefer to engage a poster with logic rather than hit the abuse button, when I’m called “dunce,” “wackadoodle” and “idiot.”
Although I take the mods seriously and will honor your wishes, I believe exposure of factual error is as necessary as shining the spotlight on hypocrisy and contradiction.
“For the sake of clarity—I prefer to engage a poster with logic rather than hit the abuse button, when I’m called “dunce,” “wackadoodle” and “idiot.””
When you stalk Jessup from thread to thread ?
I don’t think Jessup or I want to be “engaged” with you , and certainly not married.
You have an interest in continuing the conversation.
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