Who's the Boss? Answer: BP. They will continue to use Corexit

[boston bean]

BP still using Nalco's Corexit on Gulf oil spill

Naperville-based Nalco Holding Co. said Friday that an older and a newer version of its dispersant being used in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill recovery are both safe for the environment and for workers, despite a government order that BP seek less toxic alternatives.

Nalco said it would continue to provide the chemcial and London-based BP, with operations in Naperville, said it would continue to use it.

BP on Friday sent a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, responding to its May 19 directive on dispersants, said local BP spokesman Scott Dean.

"The letter outlines our findings that none of the alternative products on the EPA's National Contingency Plan Product Schedule list meets all three criteria specified in (Thursday's) directive for availability, toxicity and effectiveness," said Dean.

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=382521

[greencharlie]

1. well when you butter the POLITICIANS bread, you write the rules. nt

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. And the politicians know just which side their bread is buttered on.

:-(

[Demoiselle]

3. Isn't it time to send in the Navy and get those bastards out of there?

Surely there are more oil spill "experts" in the world than BP employee/contractors.

[yoyossarian]

7. That's what I think!

Check out THE COSTNER SOLUTIION!
At least there's some hope here...

[mod mom]

12. Seize their f-ing assets. Money talks to these bastards!

[meisje]

4. Obama needs to grow some balls or this will be his Katrina!

[boston bean]

6. BP just kicked him in the balls. Will we see an angry Obama??

[yoyossarian]

5. These fuckers should be BOILED IN OIL!

:grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr:

[boston bean]

8. Can you believe this shit. One day after they are "ordered" to find an alternative

they refuse to change the product they are using.

I just saw on Anderson Cooper last night a place in Texas that hundreds of thousands of gallons of the safer, more effective dispersant that BP ordered. It's just sitting there on a huge lot.

[yoyossarian]

10. They are killing our world...

It never seems to end.



http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8386390">The Hole Within Our World

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. Or perhaps stuffed into that catastrophic wound that's

bleeding into our Gulf.

:grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr:

[texastoast]

9. I'm praying that Kevin Costner's device will help

Anything.

[Bonhomme Richard]

11. Isn't corexit basically deodorized kerosene or am I wrong? n/t

[Angry Dragon]

14. Terrorists=bp

Arrest the execs and ship them to Gitmo and tell them they will come to trial when the oil is cleaned up

[Blue_In_AK]

15. What financial interest does BP have in this "Correxit" stuff?

From what I understand it's rather like paint thinner. Mmm, good stuff.

[boston bean]

16. Well, Blackstone, Apollo and Goldman Sachs, owns Nalco Company. nt