Gulf of Mexico fishermen, scientists and seafood processors have reported they are finding disturbing numbers of mutated shrimp, crab and fish that they believe are deformed by COREXIT released by the Metric TON during BP's 2010 oil disaster nightmare.
Corexit 9500 and Corexit 9527, both of which British Petroleum (BP) has used
(more than 1,400,000 gallons to date and counting) to disperse crude oil on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico and near the wellhead 5,000 feet below the surface where the volcano of oil gushes toxicity into the Gulf.
According to the EPA, Corexit is more toxic than dispersants made by several competitors and less effective in handling southern Louisiana crude.
The pathways of exposure are inhalation, ingestion, skin and eye contact. Health impacts include headaches; nausea; vomiting; diarrhea; abdominal pains; dizziness; chest pains and tightness; irritation of eyes, nose, throat and lungs; difficulty breathing; respiratory system damage; skin irrigation and sensitization; hypertension; central nervous system depression; neurotoxic effects; genetic damage and mutations; cardiac arrhythmia and cardiovascular damage; among several others.
According to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) latest analysis of dispersant toxicity released in the document "Comparative Toxicity of Eight Oil Dispersant Products on Two Gulf of Mexico Aquatic Test Species," Corexit 9500, at a concentration of 42 parts per million, killed 50 percent of mysid shrimp tested.
Corexit is so toxic that it is illegal for use in the UK!
Thanks to the Spineless American politicians Corexit isn't to TOXIC for the American public living along the Louisiana coast, Texas coast, Alabama coast, Mississippi coast, Florida coast, and Mexican coast.
Examples of this ecosystem devastation such as horribly mutated shrimp, fish with oozing sores, underdeveloped blue crabs lacking claws, eyeless crabs and shrimp are just the tip of the iceberg.
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