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Worse and Worse Use of Chemical Dispersants on Oil Spills is No Answer
Following the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig on April 20, British Petroleum (BP) has released 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 slowing the surfacing of the gushing oil, it may do far more to hide the true magnitude of the disaster from public scrutiny than to save the beaches.
Dispersants are classified by the 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 dispersants has accelerated the oil’s entry into the loop current and Gulf Stream, where it now poses a significant threat to the health of the world’s oceans. Experts explain that accelerating the biodegradation of the oil by ocean bacteria using dispersants 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).
Natural Spin Shoppers Vote
for Healthier Choices
Attendees at this year’s mega Natu- ral Products Expo West, in Anaheim, California,
saw everything from organic bur-
ritos and glass baby bottles to bags that extend the life of produce. “The 30th anniversary of the event mir- rors major business and consumer shifts to values of health and sus- tainability,” observed Fred Linder, president of New Hope Natural Media. Organic products and green packaging are in—genetically modi- fied foods are out.
Accordingly, The Fresh Ideas Group, which monitors new-prod- uct trends, has forecasted lower prices for private label organic food in 2010 and an increase in foods with fewer processed ingredients and more whole grains. While organic still accounts for less than 5 percent of national food sales, overall sales of organic foods and other products was up 5 percent in 2009, more than double the growth of conventional wares.
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