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Post by moabiter on Jul 4, 2010 21:40:50 GMT -8
Oil found in Gulf crabs raises new food chain fears Posted on Thursday, July 1, 2010 BILOXI, Miss. — University scientists have spotted the first indications oil is entering the Gulf seafood chain — in crab larvae — and one expert warns the effect on fisheries could last “years, probably not a matter of months” and affect many species. Scientists with the University of Southern Mississippi and Tulane University in New Orleans have found droplets of oil in the larvae of blue crabs and fiddler crabs sampled from Louisiana to Pensacola, Fla. The news comes as blobs of oil and tar continue to wash ashore in Mississippi in patches, with crews in chartreuse vests out cleaning beaches all along the coast on Thursday, and as state and federal fisheries from Louisiana to Florida are closed by the BP oil disaster. www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/07/01/96909/oil-found-in-gulf-crabs-raising.html#storylink=omni_popular#i%20xzz0sjQb6aqD#ixzz0sme12s6i
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Post by moabiter on Jul 27, 2010 18:53:43 GMT -8
BP Gulf Oil Spill Fishing Waters Reopened Despite Lack Of Testing Required By Federal Protocols Posted by Alexander Higgins - July 25, 2010 As the Huffington Post points out in its post “Gulf Fisheries Opened: Safe Or BP Politics, PR and “Sock Puppetry?” the Federal Government has decided to open over 26,000 square miles of the Gulf of Mexico affected by the BP Gulf Oil Spill... That means that thousands of people who chose to eat seafood from the Gulf of Mexico could die because the Federal Government has decided that in the grand scheme of things economic considerations are far more important than a few thousands of people dying. As if it weren’t already bad enough that the Government is misleading the public about the safety of public beaches and lying about water samples to save BP billions the Government has now decided to implement a variety of methods including sidestepping protocols and has implementing a variety of methods to skew the test data used to justify the reopening the waters to fishing. 1. Protocol requires that there be no oil on the surface or in the water column but the Federal Government has chosen to reopen the waters based solely on based on visual observations of no oil on the surface. It has not conducted any testing to confirm the surface and the water column are free of oil. Since it has already been proven there are huge plumes of methane and oil in the water column NOAA should confirm the waters are oil free by testing for the presence of hydrocarbons and has not done so. 2. The protocol calls for the collection and testing of at least 10 samples of each species from the most common fishing grounds. Instead NOAA has chose to perform sampling at selected locations in two main areas that are not representative of the entire area to be reopened. Furthermore it has collected only one or two samples for most of the 12 species of fish it has chosen to test. Even if NOAA chose to follow its own guidelines guidelines they are only adequate in ensuring the safety of seafood during a surface spill. Those guidelines do not take into account that in a Deepwater spill as little as two percent of the oil and almost none of the methane released in this spill may have actually made it to the surface. As can clearly can be seen in the deepwater oil spill plume simulation below very little oil actual makes it to the surface and the rest remains submerged in the water column. In the open ocean a little bit of wave action can disperse the oil on the surface making it invisible to the naked eye while the plume remains submerged. ROFFS BP Gulf Oil Spill Tracking Map For June 24 to June 27th with WOM (Water Oil Mixture) Outlinedblog.alexanderhiggins.com/2010/07/25/bp-gulf-oil-spill-fishing-waters-reopened-based-visual-observations-oil-surface-2/
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Post by clone on Aug 5, 2010 15:07:51 GMT -8
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Post by clone on Aug 5, 2010 15:13:13 GMT -8
NOAA reports 40-45% of total oil is in undersea PLUMES; Not going to disappear www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s7bQ0pxnGQDylan Ratigan, MSNBC, August 4, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. EDT Transcript Summary Professor Ian McDonald, Florida State University: 40-45 percent of oil... of 4 million barrels... is still in the water, dissolved dissipated or underwater droplets. Not going to disappear, not going to get much smaller, about as small as its going to get.
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Post by clone on Aug 22, 2010 16:38:43 GMT -8
Mississippi Shrimpers Refuse to Trawl, Fearing Oil, Dispersants BILOXI, Mississippi, Aug 20, 2010 (IPS) The goal was to prove to the public that their fishing grounds are contaminated with both oil and dispersants. Their method was simple – they tied an absorbent rag to a weighted hook, dropped it overboard for a short duration of time, then pulled it up to find the results. The rags were covered in a brown oily substance that the fishermen identified as a mix of BP's crude oil and toxic dispersants. .... During an earlier test round, the two fishermen brought out scientist Dr. Ed Cake of Gulf Environmental Associates. Dr. Cake wrote of the experience: "When the vessel was stopped for sampling, small, 0.5- to 1.0-inch-diameter bubbles would periodically rise to the surface and shortly thereafter they would pop leaving a small oil sheen. According to the fishermen, several of BP's Vessels-of- Opportunity (Carolina Skiffs with tanks of dispersants [Corexit?]) were hand spraying in Mississippi Sound off the Pass Christian Harbor in prior days/nights. It appears to this observer that the dispersants are still in the area and are continuing to react with oil in the waters off Pass Christian Harbor." www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=52552
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Post by clone on Sept 16, 2010 15:14:59 GMT -8
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Post by moabiter on Sept 28, 2010 8:54:17 GMT -8
GRC:RADIO interview Lorri Williams Gulf update 9/24/10#2.flv www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwW5vfLoOSM* It's hard to find a doctor to do testing. (gag order) * BP paying for research (toxicologists etc) - non disclosure agreements * Lab received 2 'threatening' phone calls and a visit from the Marine ... * Agencies put the blame on the lab for ruining the sea food industry * Crab prices are down to 40 cents/lb, can't sell them * Crabbers not feeling well: diagnosed with xyz, 10 year old nose bleeds, 'acid cloud' (smelled like muriatic acid, eyes burning, throat burning), headaches, winded, blisters in mouth and throat, blurry eyes, no energy, numb limbs, sore joints, sinuses * not offering the testing * at clinic - please test son for heavy metals, 'no need' says clinic and stay away from the beach (live 2 blocks away) * want son tested for BOCs and heavy metals - 'no need for it' * my attorney feels there's a need * photos: Facebook, Lorrie Williams Ocean Springs Mississippi - 1000s of photos and some videos, can freely distribute
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Post by clone on Oct 30, 2010 23:13:46 GMT -8
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Post by clone on Nov 29, 2010 18:41:11 GMT -8
NOAA Closes 4,200 Square Miles of Gulf Waters to Royal Red Shrimping November 24, 2010 Today, out of an abundance of caution, NOAA has closed 4,213 square miles of Gulf of Mexico federal waters off Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama to royal red shrimping. The precautionary measure was taken after a commercial shrimper, having hauled in his catch of the deep water shrimp, discovered tar balls in his net. www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2010/20101124_closing.html
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Post by clone on Oct 11, 2011 5:41:31 GMT -8
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Post by clone on Dec 29, 2011 20:21:15 GMT -8
Gulf Killifish Shows Adverse Effects Due to BP Oil Spill Disaster Fundulus grandis has compromised gills and estrogen signaling October 3, 2011 A report published in the "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America" says that animal species such as the Gulf Killifish ( Fundulus grandis), in and around the Gulf of Mexico will continue to be subject to negative effects of the BP Oil Spill disaster of 2010. The report states that the Gulf Killifish, a tiny, sub three-inch baitfish that researchers consider a good indicator of water quality in the Gulf of Mexico, is showing signs that the oil spill is having a negative impact on its health. The fish has been exposed to hydrocarbon poisoning, the same type of poisoning shown in other animal populations after the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska in 1989. According to a report in The Times-Picayune, the killifish has been exposed to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons that have wreaked havoc on the fish's gills and other organs. www.fishchannel.com/fish-news/2011/10/03/gulf-killifish-bp-oil-spill-effects.aspx
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Post by clone on Mar 15, 2012 20:42:04 GMT -8
What do Public Health Service (PHS) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) employees have in common? NO whistleblower protections. TAKE ACTION! Pass Protections for PHS and NOAA Whistleblowers As spotlighted in today’s [Mar 13] Washington Post, once these hardworking employees become whistleblowers no one wants them. They “reside in a whistleblower black hole.” www.whistleblowers.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1350&Itemid=202
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Post by clone on Jul 4, 2012 14:20:32 GMT -8
Gulf Killifish Shows Adverse Effects Due to BP Oil Spill Disaster Fundulus grandis has compromised gills and estrogen signaling October 3, 2011 A report published in the "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America" says that animal species such as the Gulf Killifish ( Fundulus grandis), in and around the Gulf of Mexico will continue to be subject to negative effects of the BP Oil Spill disaster of 2010. The report states that the Gulf Killifish, a tiny, sub three-inch baitfish that researchers consider a good indicator of water quality in the Gulf of Mexico, is showing signs that the oil spill is having a negative impact on its health. The fish has been exposed to hydrocarbon poisoning, the same type of poisoning shown in other animal populations after the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska in 1989. According to a report in ----> The Times-Picayune, the killifish has been exposed to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons that have wreaked havoc on the fish's gills and other organs. www.fishchannel.com/fish-news/2011/10/03/gulf-killifish-bp-oil-spill-effects.aspxTimes-Picayune to cut back to publishing three days a week Published: May 26 The change, which was taken because of declining print revenue in a digital age, is scheduled to take effect sometime this fall. When it happens, New Orleans will be the biggest city in the country without a daily newspaper. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/times-picayune-to-cut-back-to-publishing-three-days-a-week/2012/05/26/gJQAyltisU_story.html
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Post by clone on Feb 24, 2014 8:20:45 GMT -8
Feb 18, 2014 How oil spill chemicals cause heart failure in fish Scientists at Stanford University and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have discovered how heart cells in fish are damaged by toxic chemicals in crude oil. They published a paper in Science, on February 14, 2014, describing the cellular mechanisms that cause decreased heart contraction, slower heart rate, and irregular heartbeats that lead to the death of fish. Their research is part of an ongoing Natural Resource Damage Assessment of the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. earthsky.org/earth/how-oil-spill-chemicals-cause-heart-failure-in-fish
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Post by PAH on Mar 25, 2014 7:11:34 GMT -8
Oil spilled in Gulf of Mexico causes heart problems in developing tuna | March 24, 2014
In the laboratory, the researchers found that embryos of bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna and amberjack exposed to field-collected Deepwater Horizon oil samples suffered defects in heart development resulting in irregular heartbeat, circulatory disruption and pericardial fluid accumulation.
The defects occurred in the fish at PAH (Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon) concentrations of one to 15 parts per billion -- lower than those measured in samples collected from the upper water column of the northern Gulf of Mexico during the spill.
www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-tuna-larvae-oil-spill-toxins-20140324,0,3256025.story
| A normal yellowfin tuna larva not long after hatching, top, and a larva exposed to Deepwater Horizon crude oil during embryonic development, bottom. The oil-exposed larva shows a suite of morphological abnormalities including fluid accumulation from heart failure and poor growth of fins and eyes. (Image courtesy of John Incardona)
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