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    Post-BP Oil Spill Rally at the Cajun Dome in Louisiana – Is the Seafood Really Safe to Eat?

    Is the seafood safe to eat after the biggest oil contamination in US history has been mixed into the Gulf of Mexico and is now invisible to the naked eye. Would you serve it to your children? What about at a rally against the temporary ban on new Deepwater Drilling at the Cajundome in the heart of Cajun Lafayette Louisiana where traditional Cajun cuisine usually is pungent with the flavor of seafood and fishing is part of the state motto.

    Dispersants Before Deepwater – Interview with Airport Director

    HOUMA, LA -- Houma is home to the airport that BP uses for sending out aircraft that spray dispersants on top of the water. After the gusher in the Gulf BP used dispersant at the well-head down near the sea floor in a place they named the Macondo Prospect. You might think spraying dispersants that are toxic chemicals would be something not done before the deepwater disaster. In fact “spilling oil” is a very common thing here in Louisiana and dispersants are used frequently to mix the oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Mixing crude oil into the seawater has the effect of making it pretty much invisible. Here in Houma the airport has a contractor who has three aircraft that are used regularly to spray dispersants into the Gulf. Two of the dispersants widely reported to be used are called COREXIT 9500 and COREXIT 9527. After some prodding the formulae for COREXIT was made public and is now on the EPA web site. But all the ingredients are not listed. Some of the most important ingredients from a health standpoint are just listed generically, like secret herbs and spices. And they kind of are since they are sprayed on seafood all the tim

    Pensacola Press Conference

    The beaches in Pensacola were very clean — no smell- no tar — no oil. But where is the oil? a lot of it has been mixed into the Gulf of Mexico along with dispersant and that may not be a something you would want to be immersed in. The coast guard has done an incredible job of keeping the beaches in Pensacola looking good, The beach looks beautiful and the water smells great but some water may be clean and other water may not. You can’t draw a line in water. once the crude is mixed in, is it visible? i will follow up to find out what is in the water — where is the bulk of the crude, and where will the toxic chemicals end up. in our food, our bodies?

    Pensacola, FL – Interview with CDC Scientist on BP Oil Spill Contamination

    The beaches in Pensacola were very clean — no smell- no tar — no oil. But where is the oil? A lot of it has been mixed into the Gulf of Mexico along with dispersant and that may not be a something you would want to be immersed in. The coast guard has done an incredible job of keeping the beaches in Pensacola looking good, The beach looks beautiful and the water smells great but some water may be clean and other water may not. You can’t draw a line in water. once the crude is mixed in, is it visible? i will follow up to find out what is in the water — where is the bulk of the crude, and where will the toxic chemicals end up. in our food, our bodies?

    Macando Prospect – Flange Removal During BP Oil Spill Containment Efforts

    Here is the video of removal of that ragged piece of pipe and the flange that was attached to it and bolted onto the lower flange. The removal of that flange left a clean bottom flange which allowed the new pipe to be fitted clean, regular surface on July 10.

    Macando Prospect is the name that BP gave to the site on the sea floor where they drilled their hole.

    Macondo is a fictional town in the narrative of One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez, the town grows from a tiny settlement with almost no contact with the outside world, to eventually become a large and thriving place, before a banana plantation is set up. The establishment of the banana plantation lead to Macondo’s downfall, followed by a gigantic windstorm that wipes it from the map.

    BP Sponsors CNN News Coverage of Oil Spill on Candy Crowley Show

    If ever there was an Emmy award for shamelessly corporate sponsored television news Candy Crowley and CNN should be honored as their coverage of the crude oil contamination that started in the gulf has been sponsored by BP. BP the company that owns the oil and whose industry trailing record on the environment was matched only by its industry leading ad campaign promoting itself as green. Any real journalist covering this disaster would reject doing so while being paid for their work by BP. Maybe CNN is just trying their hand at comedy since they run a “Sea Bond Adhesive” commercial just before BP.