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Worse and Worse Use of Chemical Dispersants on Oil Spills is Not the Answer
EPA as bioaccumulators, which are known to drive toxic hydrocarbons from crude oil directly into marine life, while distributing toxins throughout the water column, where they can do the most harm to the widest range of species. The public already has seen how use of chemical dis- persants has accelerated the oil’s entry into the loop cur- rent and Gulf Stream, where it now poses a significant threat to the health of the world’s oceans.
Experts explain that
accelerating the biodegra- dation of the oil by ocean bacteria using dispersants
Following the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig on April 20, British Petroleum (BP) has re- leased more than 1 million gallons of the chemical dispersant Corexit into the Gulf of Mexico, despite the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) warning that it is the most toxic of the 18 dispersants it has tested. While slow- ing the surfacing of the gushing oil, it may do far more to hide the true magni- tude of the disaster from public scrutiny than to save the beaches. Dispersants are classified by the
causes oxygen depletion and animal death. Making the problem worse, dispersing the problem this way also hinders the recovery of the oil through siphoning, and enables it to slip more easily under protective booms into beaches and wetland habitats.
OilSpillTruth.wordpress.com details the issue. Sign the petition at
ThePetitionSite.com/25/stop-the-use-of- dispersants-in-the-gulf and contact your state representatives to object (via USA. gov/Contact/
Elected.shtml).
New Paradigm Research Shows We Can Feed the
World Sustainably
A benchmark study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research says that it’s possible to sustainably feed the world’s estimated 2050 population of 9 billion, while still preserving the planet. Findings suggest that a diet equivalent to eating meat three times a week would employ green farming methods, leave forests untouched and raise animals only under free-range conditions. “We can actually do without fac-
tory farming,” concludes Lasse Brauun, of Compassion in World Farming. “With 60 billion animals being reared for livestock production every year and the figure set to double by 2050, we really need to reconsider our approach. Animals are being reared like factory units to provide us with cheap meat. The true cost of eating too much meat is animal suffering, deforestation and obesity.” The Indian state of Sikkim in the
Himalayas is among those showing the way. The government plans to have all of its arable land of 173,000 acres certified organic by 2015.
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