{"id":332,"date":"2010-07-29T21:17:37","date_gmt":"2010-07-29T21:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imediata.org\/?p=332"},"modified":"2010-07-29T21:18:20","modified_gmt":"2010-07-29T21:18:20","slug":"toxins-in-air-from-evaporating-oil-may-pose-greater-threat-than-oily-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imediata.org\/?p=332","title":{"rendered":">>Toxins in air from evaporating oil may pose greater threat than oily water"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/imediata.org\/wp-content\/imagens\/logos\/logobiodiv.jpg\" alt=\"null\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VIDEO: Toxins in air from evaporating oil may pose greater threat than oily water<br \/>\nTuesday, June 15, 2010 at 2:58 PM by GottaLaff View Comments <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><object height=\"288\" width=\"470\"><param name=\"movie\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" value=\"http:\/\/www.wwltv.com\/v\/?i=94202149\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"AllowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wwltv.com\/v\/?i=94202149\" AllowFullScreen=\"true\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" height=\"288\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"470\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>I just got this e-mail alert: <\/p>\n<p>NEW ORLEANS (AP) Scientists  now say oil spill is leaking between 1.47 million and 2.52 million  gallons a day <\/p>\n<p>One of the \u201cremedies\u201d for this horrendous disaster is to use chemical dispersants to break up (read: Hide from plain view) the oil into tiny fragments that can be much more readily absorbed. It only follows that airborne fumes would be on the A-List of health concerns. <\/p>\n<p>Gee, ya think? <\/p>\n<p>Toxins that are released into the air from evaporating oil and  dispersants may pose a greater health risk to clean-up workers and Gulf  residents than oily water when the thickest parts of the oil slick wash  ashore . [&#8230;] <\/p>\n<p>The  Institute for Southern Studies (ISS) reported as early as May 10  that, \u201cthe latest evaluation of air monitoring data shows a serious  threat to human health from airborne chemicals emitted by the ongoing  deep water gusher.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>On May 14, WWLTV in New Orleans also ran a report warning of the danger of airborne  toxins: <\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve hesitated to post about this until I had more information. My pal AltaKocker, who linked me the article , has been talking to me about it for weeks now. Finally, we have more than just speculation. <\/p>\n<p>The chemicals released into the air by evaporating oil and\/or  dispersants include Hydrogen Sulfide, Benzene, Methylene Chloride,  2-Butoxyethanol and other toxic gases known as Volatile Organic  Compounds (VOCs). All are highly toxic to humans and physical  reactions from exposure to these gases may include:<br \/>\nDrowsiness<br \/>\nIrritation  of eyes, nose or throat<br \/>\nCoughing or difficulty breathing<br \/>\nDizziness<br \/>\nNausea  or vomiting<br \/>\nRapid or irregular heartbeat<br \/>\nHeadaches<br \/>\nTremors<br \/>\nConfusion<br \/>\nConvulsions<br \/>\nUnconsciousness<br \/>\nDeath  (at very high levels) <\/p>\n<p>Clean-up workers offshore and  residents on the Gulf coast have already reported many of these  symptoms. <\/p>\n<p>All previous posts on dispersants and their deadly effects here .<br \/>\nVideos:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepoliticalcarnival.net\/2010\/06\/video-toxins-in-air-from-evaporating-oil-may-pose-greater-threat-than-oily-water\/\">http:\/\/www.thepoliticalcarnival.net\/2010\/06\/video-toxins-in-air-from-evaporating-oil-may-pose-greater-threat-than-oily-water\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VIDEO: Toxins in air from evaporating oil may pose greater threat than oily water Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at 2:58 PM by GottaLaff View Comments I just got this e-mail alert: NEW ORLEANS (AP) Scientists now say oil spill is leaking between 1.47 million and 2.52 million gallons a day One of the \u201cremedies\u201d for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biodiversidade-imediata"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imediata.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imediata.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imediata.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imediata.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imediata.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=332"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/imediata.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":334,"href":"https:\/\/imediata.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332\/revisions\/334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imediata.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imediata.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imediata.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}