BP oil spill Corexit dispersants suspected in widespread crop damage

[highplainsdem]

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/ybenjamin/detail??blogid=150&entry_id=65552

Just when you thought the damages BP could cause was limited to beaches, marshes, oceans, people's livelihoods, birds and marine life, there's more.

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It seems like damage brought by the oil gusher has spread way beyond the ocean, coastal areas and beaches. Collateral damage now appears to include agricultural damage way inland Mississippi.

A mysterious "disease" has caused widespread damage to plants from weeds to farmed organic and conventionally grown crops. There is very strong suspicion that ocean winds have blown Corexit aerosol plumes or droplets and that dispersants have caused the unexplained widespread damage or "disease".

PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEO: WIDESPREAD MYSTERIOUS CROP DAMAGE IN GULF AREA

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There is no other explanation for the crop damage. Everything points to something that has a widespread effect on plants and crops. While no one precisely knows, all the signs point to BP's use of aerosolized Corexit brought inland by the ocean winds or rain.

Remember acid rain? Now it seems we could have toxic dispersant rain.

[Voice for Peace]

1. and dead birds.. this is heartbreaking.

k&r

[Angry Dragon]

2. I knew it was just going to a question of time

when other factors from the oil rupture were going to come into play.

But bp knows best........

[wuvuj]

3. Dispersents CAUSE the underwater plumes?

If I had to guess..it is the dispersants that are causing or exacerbating the underwater plumes....by changing the specific gravity of the resulting oil/water mix?

Dispersants have probably been used regularly to keep oil spills from showing up on the surface?

This is the dispersant sprayed INTO the rising oil...not on the surface.

Call it a kind of coverup. Wouldn't want to panic the herd.

[boston bean]

4. that is why they started spraying corexit under water.

couldn't have all those fatal chemicals blowing in the wind.

The amount they need to use to keep the amount of oil hidden, was way to dangerous to spray out of a plane.

Doesn't give you much hope for the ocean, does it?

[blindpig]

5. None of BP's concern

Kill Capitalism

[Gin]

6. why is it banned in Europe? they must have info on this stuff.

[HughMoran]

7. Source: a blogger named Yobie

I'd like to wait until this story is flushed out a bit before I express an opinion. The transport mechanism doesn't make intuitive sense to me yet (scientifically) - I need more information.

[Statistical]

8. Why doesn't the EPA (under Obama administration) ban the substance?

The question nobody is asking.

Why would BP stop using something that is legal?
Why would someone EXPECT BP to stop using something that is legal?

When something is dangerous we make it illegal! So what aren't we?

[Catherina]

9. Say it ain't so! Corexit is perfectly safe. We have BP's word

and the feds okayed it

[CanonRay]

10. This is like the beginning of a freaking horror movie

I should be in the drive-in with a speaker in the window. What the hell are we doing to this planet.

[Trillo]

11. Kick

How far up the Mississippi is this damage reported, and how far inland from the river?

[femrap]

12. Remember when the head of the

EPA said to STOP the Corexit? And then she was overruled.

:wtf: Europe has outlawed the crap. Does Obama owe Nalco (IL company) for campaign contributions or something.

This is simply horrific.

No one will be able to work in the Gulf to clean this up...due to the Corexit.

I swear this is just want the fucking oil boyz wanted. Now they can drill in the Gulf forever...it's dead.

I'm sick.