“Covering Up The [Gulf] Oil Spill With
Corexit Was a Deadly Action … What Happened In the Gulf Was a Political Act, an
Act of Cowardice and Greed”
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
15:21
A Tragedy Our Society Should Never
Repeat
Preface: Washington’s Blog has interviewed numerous
other leading government-affiliated experts concerning the BP oil spill, including Bob Bea and Ian
McDonald.
As we reported at the time, the EPA
allowed BP to dump mass quantities of a highly-toxic chemical into the
Gulf of Mexico in order to help BP hide the
amount of oil in the Gulf … and to help to cover up what was really going
on.
Last month, 60 Minutes made a fantastic
exposé on the whole shenanigan.
We contacted Gulf toxicologist Dr. Susan
Shaw – Founder and Director of the Marine Environmental Research Institute – for
comment. Here’s background on Dr. Shaw’s involvement with the BP oil
spill.
Dr. Shaw told Washington’s
Blog:
It was refreshing to see such a strong
public statement about what really happened in the Gulf of
Mexico.
I was the first scientist to dive in the
oil slick after the Deepwater
Horizon explosion in 2010. As a member of DOI’s [the U.S. Department
of the Interior's] Strategic Sciences Working Group (SSWG) and a TEDx speaker, I
alerted federal agency heads and the public about the combined toxicity of
Corexit and oil, and predicted much of the terrible human suffering and
environmental damage we are seeing in the Gulf today. The Australian 60 Minutes
report takes the viewer up close to the victims, Gulf residents and cleanup
workers whose health problems are overwhelming and who will not recover, ever.
As a public health professional, I interviewed residents of Grand Isle LA
(“ground zero”) and experienced first hand what we now call the “Gulf syndrome”
– they had blinding headaches, memory loss, heart palpitations, internal
bleeding, swollen livers, and skin lesions. Some had been sprayed directly with
Corexit, often by planes flying at
night. One was a 14 year old school girl who had periodic bleeding from her
ears. As a scientist, I was stunned at the depth of suffering, the bewilderment,
the loss.
Covering up the oil spill with Corexit was
a deadly action that resulted in a tragedy our society should never repeat. For
the federal government to make Corexit’s application the standard operating
procedure for offshore oil spills is unacceptable. It is
outrageous.
Below are links to my previous public
statements about the danger and the duplicity of using Corexit to contain oil
spills. Scientists know very well how toxic the mixture is. What happened in the
Gulf was a political act, an act of cowardice and greed. It is time for
Americans to know the truth.
Corexit
Corexit[1] (often styled COREXIT)[2] is a product
line of oil dispersants used to dissolve oil spills. It is produced by Nalco Holding Company, which merged with
Ecolab in 2011 and is associated
with BP and Exxon.[3] Oil that
would normally rise to the surface of the water is emulsified into tiny droplets
by the dispersant and remains suspended in the water and on the sea
floor.[4][5][6] Corexit was used in unprecedented quantities during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of
Mexico.[7] In 2012, a study found that Corexit increases the toxicity of oil by
52 times.
2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill
National
Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill investigated the 2010 Gulf of Mexico
oil spill.
Note: Frances G.
Beinecke was a member of the National
Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, a director at the
Apollo Alliance, and is the
president of the Natural Resources Defense
Council.
Robert Redford
was a director at the Apollo
Alliance, and is a trustee at the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Natural Resources Defense Council, the
Aspen Institute (think tank), the
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
(think tank), the Urban Institute
(think tank), and the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
George Soros is the
chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open
Society.
Susan Crown was a
trustee at the Natural Resources Defense
Council, is Lester
Crown’s daughter, and a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago.
Douglas A. Pertz
is a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, a director at the Chicago
Council on Global Affairs, and was a director at the Nalco Holding
Co.
Lester Crown is
Susan Crown’s father, a member of
the Commercial Club of Chicago,
the chairman for the Chicago Council on
Global Affairs, and was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think
tank).
Henry A.
Kissinger was a lifetime trustee at the
Aspen Institute (think tank), a
member of the Bohemian Club, a
director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008
Bilderberg conference participant
(think tank).
Henrietta
Holsman Fore is a trustee at the Aspen
Institute (think tank), a member of the Belizean Grove, and a director at the
Exxon Mobil
Corp.
Daniel S.
Sanders was a VP at the Exxon Mobil
Corp., the president of the ExxonMobil Chemical Company, a director at
the Nalco Holding Co., and is a
director at Ecolab,
Inc.
William W.
George is a director the Exxon Mobil
Corp., and a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank).
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) was a funder for the Exxon
Mobil Corp, and TNK-BP.
James F. Collins
is a senior associate at the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank), was a
U.S. ambassador for
Russia,
and a senior advisor for Akin, Gump, Strauss,
Hauer & Feld, LLP.
Rosneft is a
state-owned oil company for Russia,
and acquired TNK-BP.
Lamar McKay is a
director at TNK-BP, the division
CEO for BP p.l.c., and was the
chairman & president for BP America
Inc.
BP p.l.c. is a
subsidiary of BP America
Inc.
Jamie S.
Gorelick was an attorney for BP
p.l.c., a trustee at the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a commissioner for
the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks
Upon the United States, and is a trustee at the Urban Institute (think
tank).
Lee H. Hamilton was
the vice chair for the National Commission on
Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, a co-chair for the Iraq Study Group, is a director at BAE Systems Inc., and an honorary trustee
at the Brookings Institution (think
tank).
BAE Systems
plc is a subsidiary of BAE Systems
Inc.
Paul M.
Anderson is a director at BAE Systems
Inc., and a director at BP
p.l.c.
Vernon E.
Jordan Jr. was a member of the Iraq Study Group, is an honorary trustee at
the Brookings Institution (think tank),
Valerie B. Jarrett’s
great uncle, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008
Bilderberg conference participant
(think tank).
Cyrus F.
Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), an
honorary life director for the Chicago
Council on Global Affairs, and a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago.
R. Eden Martin is
the president of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, and a counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP.
Sidley Austin
LLP is the lobby firm for Bayer
HealthCare.
Arthur J.
Higgins was the chairman for Bayer
HealthCare, and is a director at Ecolab, Inc.
Barack Obama was an
intern at Sidley Austin
LLP.
Michelle Obama was
a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP, and
is a director at the Chicago Council on
Global Affairs.
Thomas A. Cole is a
partner at Sidley Austin LLP, a
member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, and was a director at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.
Walter E. Massey
is a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, and was a director at BP
p.l.c.
Douglas A. Pertz
is a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, a director at the Chicago
Council on Global Affairs, and was a director at the Nalco Holding
Co.
John H. Bryan is an
honorary life director at the Chicago Council
on Global Affairs, and was a director at BP p.l.c.
Rodney F. Chase
was the deputy CEO for BP p.l.c.,
and a director at the Nalco Holding
Co.
BP p.l.c. was the
operator of oil rig for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil
spill.
Deepwater
Horizon was the oil rig that exploded, killing 11 & triggering oil spill
in the 2010 Gulf of
Mexico oil spill.
National
Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill investigated the 2010 Gulf of Mexico
oil spill.
Kenneth R.
Feinberg is the victim compensation administrator for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a director
at Human Rights First, was the
administrator of victim payments for the 2012
Aurora (CO) theater shootings, and a special master for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of
2001.
Kenneth
Feinberg
Feinberg was
appointed Special Master of the U.S. government's September 11th Victim Compensation Fund and
served as the Special Master for TARP Executive Compensation, popularly called
the "pay czar."
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Human Rights First, and the Natural Resources Defense
Council.
George Soros is the
chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open
Society, and an advisory board member for the Earth
Institute.
Carl-Henric
Svanberg is an advisory board member for the Earth Institute, and the chairman for the
BP
p.l.c.
BP p.l.c. was the
operator of oil rig in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil
spill.
National
Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill investigated the 2010 Gulf of Mexico
oil spill.
Frances G.
Beinecke was a member of the National
Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, a director at the
Apollo Alliance, and is the
president of the Natural Resources Defense
Council.
Robert Redford
was a director at the Apollo
Alliance, and is a trustee at the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Susan Crown was a
trustee at the Natural Resources Defense
Council, is Lester
Crown’s daughter, and a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago.
Douglas A. Pertz
is a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, a director at the Chicago
Council on Global Affairs, and was a director at the Nalco Holding
Co.
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