Oil Disaster in the Gulf Day 93: Some recent seepage
WDSU:'People Are Getting Sick,' Cleanup Worker Says, Had No Protective Gear
"The work to cleanup the millions of gallons of oil in the Gulf can be hazardous, and one spill worker told WDSU that he has witnessed illness, injury and unsafe working conditions. Jarred Bourgeois is the engineer on a crew ship that carries personnel and supplies to workers out in the Gulf, a far different job than he had when the spill first started."
""It's a lot thicker then you see on TV. It's a lot worse. It's everywhere. The smell is outrageous. People are getting sick all the time. They don't really tell you what it is, why people are getting sick, but they were MedEvac-ing people left and right," Bourgeois said. "I have personally dealt with headaches and feeling bad. It's a lot different then what you see sitting at the house.""
St. Petersburg FL Times:Scientists from St. Petersburg find high methane readings near oil disaster site
Times-Picayune:Gas seeps not necessarily a problem, because pressure in oil well rising, officials say
Buried lede seeps up 12 paragraphs down:
"Berkeley engineering professor Bob Bea, has very little confidence in what's been said publicly about the seeps. He's troubled that we're just now hearing about seeps three kilometers away, because a survey of the seabed conducted before BP drilled its well didn't indicate anything like that. "There was nothing that indicated the presence of such a seep," Bea said."
WDSU:Group Says EPA Air Tests Not Good Enough - Louisiana Bucket Brigade Finds Fault With Oil Spill Air Quality Tests
AOL News:Why Would BP Photoshop Its Crisis Command Center?
Gizmodo:BP Photoshops Another Official Image Terribly
Picayune:BP suspends relief well work to avoid risk of storm interruption
Picayune:Byproducts of Gulf of Mexico oil spill cleanup are themselves a concern
"Beyond the oil itself, the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is producing an array of oily waste in need of disposal, and at least one environmental group has concerns about how it's being handled. The waste comes from a variety of sources: shoreline clean up, oil containment, boat decontamination."
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"Darryl Malek-Wiley of the Sierra Club questioned the system. While none of the waste has been deemed hazardous -- either by BP or in independent tests by the EPA -- Malek-Wiley is skeptical.
"He noted that the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, which governs the handling of such materials, exempts certain oil and gas exploration and production wastes from being regulated as hazardous waste.
"So by law, they are not hazardous. In physical reality, they are," Malek-Wiley said."
"The work to cleanup the millions of gallons of oil in the Gulf can be hazardous, and one spill worker told WDSU that he has witnessed illness, injury and unsafe working conditions. Jarred Bourgeois is the engineer on a crew ship that carries personnel and supplies to workers out in the Gulf, a far different job than he had when the spill first started."
""It's a lot thicker then you see on TV. It's a lot worse. It's everywhere. The smell is outrageous. People are getting sick all the time. They don't really tell you what it is, why people are getting sick, but they were MedEvac-ing people left and right," Bourgeois said. "I have personally dealt with headaches and feeling bad. It's a lot different then what you see sitting at the house.""
St. Petersburg FL Times:Scientists from St. Petersburg find high methane readings near oil disaster site
Times-Picayune:Gas seeps not necessarily a problem, because pressure in oil well rising, officials say
Buried lede seeps up 12 paragraphs down:
"Berkeley engineering professor Bob Bea, has very little confidence in what's been said publicly about the seeps. He's troubled that we're just now hearing about seeps three kilometers away, because a survey of the seabed conducted before BP drilled its well didn't indicate anything like that. "There was nothing that indicated the presence of such a seep," Bea said."
WDSU:Group Says EPA Air Tests Not Good Enough - Louisiana Bucket Brigade Finds Fault With Oil Spill Air Quality Tests
AOL News:Why Would BP Photoshop Its Crisis Command Center?
Gizmodo:BP Photoshops Another Official Image Terribly
Picayune:BP suspends relief well work to avoid risk of storm interruption
Picayune:Byproducts of Gulf of Mexico oil spill cleanup are themselves a concern
"Beyond the oil itself, the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is producing an array of oily waste in need of disposal, and at least one environmental group has concerns about how it's being handled. The waste comes from a variety of sources: shoreline clean up, oil containment, boat decontamination."
[...]
"Darryl Malek-Wiley of the Sierra Club questioned the system. While none of the waste has been deemed hazardous -- either by BP or in independent tests by the EPA -- Malek-Wiley is skeptical.
"He noted that the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, which governs the handling of such materials, exempts certain oil and gas exploration and production wastes from being regulated as hazardous waste.
"So by law, they are not hazardous. In physical reality, they are," Malek-Wiley said."