RCAC Does Not Believe Dispersants Should Be Used

It is the conclusion of the RCAC who has studied dispersant products

....that such dispersants should not be used.

They found them to be very toxic

are concerned about the current stockpile of Corexit in the Valdez area.

Not being a product that was actually selected for use, why hasn't the old supply of Corexit been properly disposed of? PPE - Level IV

Apparently Alyeska believes it is a good product and is trying to get the proper permits to use on a more wide scale.

They do use it on the Alyeska terminal; however, paints & other products deemed to be too toxic are forbidden to be on the terminal. Does Alyeska know what is in Corexit? For what reason are they saving the 4 barrels of Inipol EAP 22 in the Houston supervised warehouse?

RCAC Technical Reports *

Another experimental chemical not considered good enough after short term use in 1989 was Corexit ... which the government at Exxon's urging wants to dump in Alaskan waters for official experiment December, 2002, phase II *

PWSRCAC has three major problems with the Ohmsett dispersant demonstration as follows:

1) the demonstration avoids any consideration of the physical characteristics of oil slicks in cold water that may prohibit successful dispersion;

2) the oil is not weathered in place on the test waters in real time; and

3) the water has not been changed between test runs.

We repeat our previous recommendation that MMS postpone its Phase II Ohmsett demonstration

Phase I * New Jersey test

Are more lives being compromised, in addition to damage to the environment?

From the study of Inipol EAP 22, I conclude dispersants should NEVER be used,

they came into vogue based on false premises... & all we do is ad poison to our waters... in the end, the natural storms clean the oil spill residue... anything man does is little more than making a bad situation worse.

But, if someone is making money... even if Exxon is making money on 'cleaning up its own disasters' ... maybe they'll just keep on doing what they want to do?

'Mother Margaret'

More information on Corexit http://www.valdezlink.com/inipol/corexit.htm