EPA Arbitrarily Increased The Toxic Human Threshold Levels During The Gulf of Mexico Spill During the spill in 2010, as scientific research began to show that the chemical dispersants being used to remediate the oil were compounding the toxicity of the oil, thereby adversely affecting human life and the entire eco-system, Gulf Coast advocates and media reports alleged that the EPA arbitrarily modified their tables and measuring standards changing to significantly higher levels than the established “safe thresholds” for human exposure to oil, Corexit and dispersant/hydrocarbon-generated toxins. This single modification was enough to allow the EPA to justify approving the continued use of Corexit against the good advice of scientists, state and local government officials, environmental experts, healthcare professionals, attorneys, and many stakeholders who populate the GOM coastline. “We have spoken to numerous concerned citizens in the Gulf who are outraged that the government continues to hold its ground that ‘no further clean up is necessary’. It is interesting to note that the team of highly credible scientists who researched and co-authored this paper received no funding for their work on this. They did it as a public service because they wanted to ensure that the public has accurate information because the test results issued by the government were startlingly different than what these scientists were observing.” said Barbara Wiseman, International President of the Lawrence Anthony Earth Organization (LAEO). Read more: naturalsociety/government-recklessly-reopened-fisheries-in-the-gulf/#ixzz2cyZfZb8I Follow us: @naturalsociety on Twitter | NaturalSociety on Facebook
Posted on: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 10:32:15 +0000
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