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To: 1COUNTER-MORTER-68; SaraJohnson
Complete and total bullshit. You don't get those kinds of symptoms from Corexit at the concentrations it is present at in the Gulf. They only occur during acute toxicity testing where the dosages are so high that half of the test population dies (LD50). And those "evil chemicals" (cyanide, chlorinated organics, etc.) that you cite are present in the part per billion range IN THE COREXIT. By the time they get into the seawater, they have been diluted down to parts-per-trillion or lower.

The EPA has been testing air and water for compounds from both types of Corexit that were purportedly used in the spill (certainly Corexit 9500 was used, but there is some question whether the 9527 was used).

Said EPA data shows "ND" for all tests (ND standing for "Not Detected"). You can find the values for those compounds in water tests at the following URL.

http://www.epa.gov/BPSpill/data/water_dispersants.pdf

The other inconvenient fact for your doomsday scenario is that both types of Corexit are NOT STABLE once put into aqueous solution. They decompose with a half-life of around 10-20 days. So much of the Corexit put in the Gulf is simply GONE.

37 posted on 07/27/2010 4:10:19 AM PDT by Wonder Warthog
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To: Wonder Warthog
The other inconvenient fact for your doomsday scenario is that both types of Corexit are NOT STABLE once put into aqueous solution. They decompose with a half-life of around 10-20 days. So much of the Corexit put in the Gulf is simply GONE.

Well damn...how are we going to keep the Gulf toxic with that half-life?

39 posted on 07/27/2010 11:30:03 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: Wonder Warthog

You are a hopless brainwashed shill, Warthog. Now we all know. Thanks.


43 posted on 07/27/2010 1:57:57 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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