Here's an update on the Gulf Oil Spill and what The Earth Organization is doing to fix the toxic mess in that area. Looks like they've made some progress! Please re-tweet or forward this information to as many people as you can, there is a solution, it just needs to be made known and used!
Thanks,
Trevor
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As you know, our team has been operating in Gulf to uncover why bio-remediation was not used from the very beginning of the oil spill as, if that technology had been implemented within a few days, it could have cleaned it up and prevented the oil from ever reaching the shoreline. Our goal is to break through any of the barriers being put up, and get bioremediation actually utilized. We are making progress!GOOD NEWS! One of the companies that is most able to deal with the size of this situation, Oil Spill Eaters, Inc., did a test on the beach and in a marsh with their product in front of about 50 local officials, Senators, and the Governor of Mississippi. The test went extremely well. Within a matter of minutes, they could begin to see positive changes occurring with the oil. When they returned to the area a couple of hours later, the product had worked so fast that some of the oil was already gone.
As you can imagine, the officials were ecstatic that they finally had a solution to this situation. They intend to let the product work for a few more days and see the results, but then plan, if all goes well, to begin working out an implementation plan. They and other companies have gotten this far before, and still been prevented from moving forward by the EPA or other state regulatory bodies. But, we have our fingers crossed that we will see a breakthrough here.
As we are finding out more about what is going on, and more about the incredibly toxic "solution" that the EPA is allowing to be implemented.
IMPORTANT: "Corexit" is the name of a compound of chemicals that is being sprayed on the oil with the stated purpose of breaking it up so that it can be more easily broken down by the natural microorganisms in the area, known as a "dispersant". Unfortunately, this is criminally false information. Corexit makes the whole situation much more toxic and much more difficult for the naturally-occurring microbes to clean up. It does, however, erase the "fingerprint" of oil so that, for example, when it washes up on the beaches of North Carolina in a couple of months, no one will be able to legally prove where it came from, thus limiting financial liability.
The EPA has been making misleading statements about the levels of toxicity and it is important to know that, if you live in the Gulf area, that you take great care when you are in and around the water. There are many reports of people going into the water who couldn't see any oil, and who came out with serious skin tissue damage, and eye and lung damage. One chemist who is very familiar with Corexit said that it is a "nerve gas" and that the negative effects of it will develop over time with someone who has been exposed to it. As of this writing, 1.8 million gallons of Corexit have been sprayed into the water. It doesn't all attach to the oil so there can be Corexit in the water without seeing the oil.
Click here for further information and to view the Pensacola Channel 5 News video.
A scientist interviewed on CNN described Corexit and other dispersants as "some of the most toxic chemicals we know of."
So, this is not something to brush off and ignore. Please be alert and aware of the potential harm. Write to your Congressional leaders and demand that the use of Corexit immediately be stopped.
Donations will fund the efforts to educate and implement bio-remediation as the true solution to the environment and wildlife cleanup and to be able to keep our team operating in the Gulf area. This is vitally important. Please donate to our Gulf Oil Spill Relief Campaign! We will keep you informed as we go along.Thank you for your support so far!
Kindest Regards,
Barbara Wiseman
International President
The Earth Organization |
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