A fisherman's wife speaks out against BP, saying the oil is making fishermen sick. CNN's Elizabeth Cohen reports.(Click video to view.)
Posted on 06/02/2010 8:48:30 AM PDT by mlizzy
A fisherman's wife speaks out against BP, saying the oil is making fishermen sick. CNN's Elizabeth Cohen reports.
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I would bet it is the dispersant they are using, rather than the oil itself, but those fisherman are stuck. They help with the cleanup or they have no work.
0bama got more money from BP than any other person in all of politics, prior to the election.
0bama then went on to certify the well last spring.
It is obvious that 0bama was bought by BP and allowed them to work on an installation that was substandard. 0bama is completely to blame for this spill.
Litigation situation. This is jury preparation.
BTEX (Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, and Xylene) and then add in 1 million (and growing) barrels of dispersant and na, I’m sure that wouldn’t make you sick, I mean BTEX are just some of the most toxic substances on the planet and thanks do the dispersants its in a thin sheen instead of easily soaked up tar balls.
Now, add to the fact that all this is evaporating and will probably begin falling in large quantities in rainfall and no, I’m not sure it’s not an issue at all.
Obama doesn’t care about sick, White, fisherman’s wives...
Try the God’s honest truth. Why is it so difficult to believe that this toxic material makes people ill? BP is filing restraining orders against the hospitals that are treating people sickened by this stuff, forbidding them from releasing any details about the illnesses.
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/05/31/oil.spill.order/index.html?hpt=T1 They are hoping to minimize both legal liability and potential criminal charges.
And why must it always be the little guy, the working stiff, who is immediately suspected of telling lies, getting bribes, or playing politics? Why isn’t it the President of the corporation, the guy that has the most to lose?
Pretty simple..really.
That’s to whom my comment was projected ...
Lawyer’s rub hands it’s going to be a good four year run.
Obama got all that money from individual BP employees. None of it came from the BP PAC or the corporation itself. I am looking for evidence that the money was bundled, since that would be definite proof of a payoff. Do you have any?
The well that the MMS approved met all standards at the time. If the well was “substandard”, it is because BP decided to not follow its own safety standards. It cut corners to save time. That is why this well blew. BP is far more to blame.
But the entire federal system of approving these wells just on the basis of the oil companies’ assurances obviously has to change. But wouldn’t that mean more regulation?
So you are saying that MMS did nothing to check the well or have it independently assessed, but okayed it because BP said they were “okay”?
Then I’d say that is yet another federal office we could eliminate if that is all we can expect from them. I sure wouldn’t give them more responsibility, would you?
“But wouldn’t that mean more regulation?”
Clearly, when kids like BP don’t know how to act on the playground, they can, will, and should bring down regulation on all the kids.
Gulf Oil, the new Asbestos...
The proposal in Congress is to split it up. Yes, MMS signed off on BP’s say-so alone. That’s the way it’s been done for at least a decade in that agency, apparently. A lot of the guys who have been working there are former oil and energy execs anyway, who have a natural faith in their old employers.
Yes, we need to rip the whole agency out and get one that actually *does its job*.
HIPAA does not prevent patients from disclosing their own information.
Amen! If you or I dumped so much as 1 gallon of oil in the water the EPA would be all over us like white on rice.
Is BP at fault? Maybe. Maybe it was some part they purchased from so other company which broke down. Who knows. Problem is: IT HAPPENED.
If there is any sickness related to this, (as some will now want to contribute to the chemicals being used to TRY/ATTEMPT to stop this oil flow), to continually BLAME BP seems to me ridiculous.
They are doing all they can to stop this/use any method feasible, face the consqeuences later. JUST STOP IT BY ANY MEANS is ok by me.
Similiar to when a Dr. 40 yrs ago gave my daughter steriods, in order to control her breathing (asthma, and dieing), she could not breath. I questioned him on the steriods as to what they would do later to her. HIS WISE WORDS WERE, WE DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO NOW, and worry later about what MAY HAPPEN, the key words are DO IT NOW, and MAY HAPPEN. She's still alive and doing well. Worried for nothing.
If they try everything possible, PEOPLE WILL SQUAK. If they don't do something, PEOPLE WILL SQUAK.
How can they win. Let's give them credit for TRYING, and since they are more expert than we, lets trust them. It will be stopped, there is no doubt in my mind. Watching the underwater pics. I am very impressed with the technology and types of equipment that are being used. WOW.
I never said...the patients could not.
Just seemed the post I responded to...seemed to think the hospital was holding back info on purpose.
FWIW
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