GA - *H2S* Illnesses/Gulf oil symptoms, Atlanta
Jun 23, 2010 9:28:49 GMT -8
Post by moabiter on Jun 23, 2010 9:28:49 GMT -8
Air tests from the Louisiana coast reveal human health threats from the oil disaster - May 10, 2010 2:35 PM
The media coverage of the BP oil disaster to date has focused largely on the threats to wildlife, but the latest evaluation of air monitoring data shows a serious threat to human health from airborne chemicals emitted by the ongoing deepwater gusher...
For instance, hydrogen sulfide has been detected at concentrations more than 100 times greater than the level known to cause physical reactions in people. Among the health effects of hydrogen sulfide exposure are eye and respiratory irritation as well as nausea, dizziness, confusion and headache.
The concentration threshold for people to experience physical symptoms from hydrogen sulfide is about 5 to 10 parts per billion. But as recently as last Thursday, the EPA measured levels at 1,000 ppb. The highest levels of airborne hydrogen sulfide measured so far were on May 3, at 1,192 ppb.
Testing data also shows levels of volatile organic chemicals that far exceed Louisiana's own ambient air standards. VOCs cause acute physical health symptoms including eye, skin and respiratory irritation as well as headaches, dizziness, weakness, nausea and confusion.
Comment: I live in Atlanta. Most of our late spring & summer weather systems come out of the Gulf. Since the end of last week, everyone I know, as well as myself, has had what we thought was a cold. The symptoms are a severe headache, mild cough, mild suffy nose, and mild nausea. No one is getting any better. I think the air pollution from the oil spill has spread here as well.
www.southernstudies.org/2010/05/air-tests-from-the-louisiana-coast-reveal-human-health-threats-from-the-oil-disaster.html
The media coverage of the BP oil disaster to date has focused largely on the threats to wildlife, but the latest evaluation of air monitoring data shows a serious threat to human health from airborne chemicals emitted by the ongoing deepwater gusher...
For instance, hydrogen sulfide has been detected at concentrations more than 100 times greater than the level known to cause physical reactions in people. Among the health effects of hydrogen sulfide exposure are eye and respiratory irritation as well as nausea, dizziness, confusion and headache.
The concentration threshold for people to experience physical symptoms from hydrogen sulfide is about 5 to 10 parts per billion. But as recently as last Thursday, the EPA measured levels at 1,000 ppb. The highest levels of airborne hydrogen sulfide measured so far were on May 3, at 1,192 ppb.
Testing data also shows levels of volatile organic chemicals that far exceed Louisiana's own ambient air standards. VOCs cause acute physical health symptoms including eye, skin and respiratory irritation as well as headaches, dizziness, weakness, nausea and confusion.
Comment: I live in Atlanta. Most of our late spring & summer weather systems come out of the Gulf. Since the end of last week, everyone I know, as well as myself, has had what we thought was a cold. The symptoms are a severe headache, mild cough, mild suffy nose, and mild nausea. No one is getting any better. I think the air pollution from the oil spill has spread here as well.
www.southernstudies.org/2010/05/air-tests-from-the-louisiana-coast-reveal-human-health-threats-from-the-oil-disaster.html