Great news: EPA has declared corexit safe!

[Guns McGee]

What with the EPA's sparkling track record and all, you may resume GOM leisure- and gastronomic-related activities right away.

(CNN) -- Testing has found that eight dispersants, including one used in combating the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, are no more toxic when mixed with oil than the oil alone, the Environmental Protection Agency said Monday.

The tests prove that the oil itself, not the dispersants, is "enemy No. 1," Paul Anastas, EPA assistant administrator for research and development, told reporters on a conference call.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/02/gulf.oil.dispersants/

[wvoutlaw2002]

Whitman: "The air is safe to breathe"

Anastas: "Corexit is safe to drink"

[larsonstdoc]

From the Corexit MSDS----
(Nothing to see here.  Move along!)
http://www.lmrk.org/corexit_9500_uscueg.539287.pdf

SKIN CONTACT :
May cause irritation with prolonged contact.
INGESTION :
Not a likely route of exposure. Can cause chemical pneumonia if aspirated into lungs following ingestion.
INHALATION :
Repeated or prolonged exposure may irritate the respiratory tract.
SYMPTOMS OF EXPOSURE :
Acute :
A review of available data does not identify any symptoms from exposure not previously mentioned.
Chronic :
Frequent or prolonged contact with product may defat and dry the skin, leading to discomfort and dermatitis.
AGGRAVATION OF EXISTING CONDITIONS :
Skin contact may aggravate an existing dermatitis condition.

[chris jones]

 Trust us, core-exit is safe, nothing more than dishsoap. The EPA has our best interest at heart.

     Wouldn't you like to put a spoonfull of this EPA approved poison in their morning coffee??

Give em a cocktail, a dash of flouride, a spoonfull of coretex,in their Orange juice and a main GMO plate served up. Include a the tables flower bouquet treated with Monsanto's roundup.

[canandy]

lithium and fluoride are safe in drinking water to ..wow i feel great what a great news week! 

[larsonstdoc]

Trust us, core-exit is safe, nothing more than dishsoap. The EPA has our best interest at heart.

     Wouldn't you like to put a spoonfull of this EPA approved poison in their morning coffee??

Give em a cocktail, a dash of flouride, a spoonfull of coretex,in their Orange juice and a main GMO plate served up. Include a the tables flower bouquet treated with Monsanto's roundup.

  That's right Chris.  If it's safe, make the EPA put it in their coffee every day.

[canandy]

and dont forget the gulf fish are safe to eat!!! 

[Satyagraha]

What with the EPA's sparkling track record and all, you may resume GOM leisure- and gastronomic-related activities right away.

(CNN) -- Testing has found that eight dispersants, including one used in combating the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, are no more toxic when mixed with oil than the oil alone, the Environmental Protection Agency said Monday.

The tests prove that the oil itself, not the dispersants, is "enemy No. 1," Paul Anastas, EPA assistant administrator for research and development, told reporters on a conference call.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/02/gulf.oil.dispersants/

That is so fu*king manipulative - written not by a journalist, but by a lawyer (not that there are any journalists at the CNN anyway; only propagandists):

Testing has found that eight dispersants ...
are no more toxic when mixed with oil
than
the oil alone

The basic comparison they are making is this:

The toxic dispersants do not increase in toxicity when you mix them with the toxic oil.

And that is TRUE.

But the impression they give by this manipulative wording is that we should not worry about the Corexit; we should worry about the OIL toxicity. They completely whitewash the effect of Corexit with or without oil - AND the effect of the OIL having been dispersed in particles that will now wash up on shore, along with the Corexit, when the first hurricane hits the coast.

They're already positioning for anticipated litigation when the corexit starts raining down on everyone.

[Joe(WI)]

mmmmm, timely

[citizenx]

Oh thank God, I tried using Dawn liquid to hide my 200 million gallon oil spill, and there were still slicks all over the place.

Thank you, COREXIT.

[donnay]

Yes, very deceptive indeed having a lawyer depose this info.  I wouldn't trust anything that these alphabet soup groups tell me. 

[charrington]

I hear it's soooo good that they have new corexit flights scheduled for inland areas and states - oh wait .. they already do that.

[Dig]

What a relief!

[Valerius]

It's a floor wax... no it's a dessert topping.