BP Oil Spill Workers Getting Sick while a New MMS Drilling Permit is Issued
Members of the crews working to clean up the BP oil spill are beginning to show signs of illness brought on by the chemical dispersants being used by BP. Tony Hayward, CEO of BP, says it was something in the food.
The Chief of BP stated that there is a possibility the sickness is a result of the oil spill, but that it is more likely to have been brought on by food poisoning.
The symptoms of the crew workers include nausea, vomiting, headache and shortness of breath. The chemical used by BP to break up the oil, Corexit 9500, warns of these same symptoms when using the product.
Furthermore, experts in treating food poisoning pointed out that nosebleeds and shortness of breath are not common symptoms of food poisoning.
Tony Hayward has pointed BP’s tired finger once again, but it won’t help. He will eventually be forced to face the facts: BP used a chemical dispersant that made things worse for the oil spill recovery, the environment, and the people involved in the cleanup.
Much like the denial of oil plumes, BP would be much better off accepting blame at this point. The world knows BP is responsible for the spill, along with other organizations, but BP doesn’t seem to accept that. Even when workers and volunteers get sick because of the oil spill recovery efforts, BP denies it has to do with the spill.
Different sources have suggested that BP offer some forms of breathing apparatuses or gas masks to its cleanup crews, but those suggestions have been ignored. The U.S. Government could step in here and turn those suggestions into orders.
Obama’s Deepwater Distractions
The Obama Administration, through an address by the President, announced that tax cuts that have existed for Big Oil will be removed and the extra funds will be used to research and develop healthier, alternative forms of energy.
President Obama said that the deepwater oil industry has too much inherent risk to rely on as a primary source of energy. In turn, the U.S. will begin utilizing money gained from rolling back tax cuts for the oil industry to fund alternative options like natural gas and nuclear power.
While the Obama Administration is making significant attempts to change the focus of U.S. energy dependence, they are also continuing to allow new offshore drilling.
The Minerals Management Service issued a new offshore drilling permit to Bandon Oil and Gas, LP. The site will be located 50 miles off of the Louisiana Coast and will be located 115 feet underwater.
This comes just after the Obama Administration allowed a 3-week ban on shallow water drilling to expire. According to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, deepwater drilling takes place in waters 500 feet deep or more.
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BP was forging ahead with its efforts to capture or burn off oil as it gushes from the well on the bottom of the sea.
This whole issue with BP is chaos. The total amount of oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico sprung up by 1000s of barrelfuls Wednesday after an underwater robot plainly hit the containment cap that has been getting oil from BP’s Macondo well. I wonder how much desolation this entire disaster is going to cost the earth when it’s all said and done
This entire oil issue is a nightmare. I wish BP was more thoughtful about the spill.
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It seems like there is finally some good news with the spill. The Houston Chronicle reports, U.S. ships were being outfitted earlier this month with four pairs of skimming booms airlifted from the Netherlands and should be deployed within days.” Better than never, I guess. For all those feeling pretty gloomy about this situation, I recommend a good laugh… Here’s a funny joke, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3j7uSbccSc
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I am with Mason, the time has come to really start focusing on other sources of energy. Not just the oil spill, but how long do we think that we can continue driliing into the Earth before there is nothing left. The term “sucking dry” comes to mind. As far as the President’s efforts I was watching the weather channel and they a had a clip about the President talking about the oil spill and I can’t remember exactly what he said, but it was something along the lines that the cleanup should have been handled better. Ya think! I want to know why after all this time this is the first time I have heard this. I know that the oil company is to blame for this, but I also look to the government who should have stepped in a long time ago. The blame game is such a waste of time, take responsibility and move on, honestly everyone would have looked much better. But I immediatelly think of Katrina and I feel a repeat with governement involvement.
I agree with what you Chris aboutthe government stepping in and making masks required, not a suggestion…..but that would mean the government was actually going to do something to try and help.
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We should have been looking for new sources of energy to take over the oil industry years ago. The main problem I see is all the money that is tied up into drilling for oil. Its extremely unfortunate that these billion dollar corporations (BP) have the audacity to completely disregard the well being of life on this earth just to make a quicker buck. It is in my personal opinion that the oil industry be completely shut down as soon as a new energy source is perfected and implimented in our society. The time to make steps toward our exploration in clean energy is long overdue. Now at least 1/6 of the entire world’s ocean is contaminated with toxic gunk that will surely develop into extreme long term detrimental problems on our environment and our economy. Thanks a lot BP.
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