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Robbien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-26-10 03:26 PM
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Corexit is still being sprayed in the Gulf, even today
Bob Naman is an analytical chemist with almost 30 years in the field, based in Mobile, Alabama. When WKRG News 5 gave Naman samples of water from the Gulf of Mexico, Naman found oil contamination, and one of his samples actually exploded during testing due - he believes - to the presence of methane gas or Corexit, the dispersant that BP has been using in the Gulf

. . .

But the story only starts there.

A few days ago, Naman was sent a sample of water from Cotton Bayou, Alabama.

Naman found 13.3 parts per million of the dispersant Corexit in the sample

. . .

Naman told me he used EPA-approved methods for testing the sample, but that a toxicologist working for BP is questioning everything he is doing, and trying to intimidate Naman by saying that he's been asked to look into who Naman is working with.

I asked Naman if he could rule out the second possibility: that the 2-butoxyethanol he found was from a months-old applications of the more toxic version of Corexit. I assumed that he would say that, as a chemist, he could not rule out that possibility.

However, Naman told me that he went to Dauphin Island, Alabama, last night. He said that he personally saw huge 250-500 gallon barrels all over the place with labels which said:

Corexit 9527



Naman further said he saw mercenaries dressed in all black fatigues, using gps coordinates, applying Corexit 9527 at Dauphin Island and at Bayou La Batre, Alabama. The mercenaries were "Blackwater"-type mercenaries, and Naman assumed they must have been hired either by BP or the government.

Naman also told me that Corexit 9527 is being sprayed at night, and that it is being applied in such a haphazard manner that undiluted 9527 is running onto beach sand. For confirmation of many of Naman's claims, see this, this and this.

more

http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2010/08/chemist-mercenaries-hired-by-bp-are-now.html


There are pictures, video and links at the above link.

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enlightenment Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-26-10 03:32 PM
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1. Why?? Did they miss killing something?
:banghead:
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Robbien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-26-10 04:15 PM
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2. It is no wonder BP is buying up all the scientists in the area and silencing them

BP paid scientists are telling the press that bugs ate up all the oil and it is all gone, all the while BP is continually spreading toxins around hoping somehow to get rid of the oil that is really out there.
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-26-10 04:22 PM
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3. I wonder if they'll whack the ones they can't buy. That's how these things are done. nt
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glinda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-26-10 04:26 PM
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4. I agree with Brad Pitt.
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cornermouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-26-10 04:54 PM
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5. The man in the White House during this disaster is and has been President Obama.
Edited on Thu Aug-26-10 05:01 PM by cornermouse
The buck stops on his desk.
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glitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-26-10 06:48 PM
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6. They're counting on deducting $$ to dump toxins that they can't sell otherwise.
The more they dump, the more they can deduct. Aren't they clever little wizards of money.
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