Question:  Why is it EPA's position that Corexit is toxic?

Are they looking at the 2-butoxyethanol?
(38% in Corexit 9500 in 1989; 30-60% in Corexit 9537)

Most of what you see in the photos is dispersant
People in Louisiana must think oil is orange

I personally believe those who have flu symptoms are poisoned by the 2-butoxyethanol in the dispersants. In 1989 when minor dispersant use was tried in Valdez area, Exxon c/o VECO required workers to have a test of urine for blood in it. See if there is blood in urine which is a sign of the anemia: AIHA   Glycol ether exposure 'looks like flu'  How to contact Congress  While Congress is accomplishing something so worthwhile, they should also require glycol ethers be disclosed in ALL products. An forbid the practice of Pepper Spraying our Public Servants and Military as these contain ethanol and polypropylene glycol for propelling.
 
Ms. Diann, Hello! I am a QASAS Inspector for ammunition here in Iraq. Recently the soldiers have been using CLP which is designed to clean weapon of carbon, on ammunition which is leaving a residue. With a .50 CAL round being fired from the weapon after the 5th Round 7 inch flames were coming out to the barrel. Durin...g night time operations, the soldiers would be wearing night vision goggles. The flames were blinding the soldiers vision. After reviewing others company's products, I realized it was the glycol ether that was producing the 7 inch flames.  I just wanted to see your MSDS of your cleaner. June 16, 2010.

I replied that at one time I could tell there was something like 2-butoxyethanol in the CLP product and then the way the MSDS presented the info, I couldn't tell. (Back in 2002 I didn't save copies of MSDS info & didn't realize that websites would remove their links.   I'm pleased that he has looked into this and that he CAN tell that there is glycol ether such as 2-butoxyethanol present there.
http://www.valdezlink.com/clp.htm
I advocate for no unnecessary exposure to any glycol ether.  Eyes burning and hurting, 'the sniffles' to kids' snotty nose (loosening of the sinuses), diarrhea to oozing poop, in general:  'flu symptoms' is what exposure to glycol ether looks like.  A lady in her health documentary TV program said she had a cold and flu symptoms and got e-coli from eating raw cookie dough that was purchased to just bake.  Well, her kidneys were damaged & many things that 'look like' what glycol ether exposure would cause.  I suspect her system turned autoimmune because of what caused the flu/cold symptoms and that e-coli went rampant because the immune system was ignoring it, and aiming at HER.

When baby gets a 'runny nose' with diarrhea; it could be a big deal/  not just some allergy  8 month old twin girl dies  *
Why is it that in every war we look for something different to blame the health issues?  Maybe we should ask, "What is the same?"  I suspect General David Petraeus, having served in at least 3 wars, needs another view of his health right now.  *

Margaret Diann Hursh When will EPA & US Coast Guard STOP letting BP put Corexit dispersants in the gulf? It is up to 60% antifreeze, and we know what that does to health & environment. http://www.valdezlink.com/re/2-butoxyethanolhazardous.htm

Information ALL doctors need to know
The gulf spill / & dispersant use.  Sad story.  Denny Kelso was right, "We shouldn't trade clean beaches (even if that were possible) for poisoned water  *
. . . going to the gulf for cleanup? Think twice. They are making a big mistake to use dispersants so strong in 2-butoxyethanol. It is like anti-freeze. Your health can be damaged.  Someone once said, "If I could have whatever I wished for, it wouldn't be for material possessions, but for good health and long life!"
"The scientific literature seems to support your concerns about exposure to glycol ether & subsequent anemia"    * 

Flu symptoms should be blamed on glycol ether exposure for 'gulf' flu symptoms *
Business Insider
June 30, 2010

 http://www.businessinsider.com/warning-to-gulf-cleanup-workers-almost-every-crew-member-from-the-1989-exxon-valdez-disaster-is-now-dead-2010-6

CNN:  Warning To Gulf Volunteers: Almost
Every Cleanup Worker From The 1989
Exxon Valdez Disaster Is Now Dead
Michael Snyder

Are you sure that you want to help clean up the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico?  In a previous article we documented a number of the health dangers from this oil spill that many scientists are warning us of, and now it has been reported on CNN that the vast majority of those who worked to clean up the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska are now dead.  Yes, you read that correctly.  Almost all of them are dead.

In fact, the expert that CNN had on said that the life expectancy for those who worked to clean up the Exxon Valdez oil spill is only about 51 years.  Considering the fact that the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is now many times worse than the Exxon Valdez disaster, are you sure you want to volunteer to be on a cleanup crew down there?  After all, the American Dream is not to make big bucks for a few months helping BP clean up their mess and then drop dead 20 or 30 years early.

This news clip from CNN is absolutely stunning.  If this is even close to true, then why would anyone want to be involved in helping to clean up this oil?....

The truth is that what we have out in the Gulf of Mexico is a "toxic soup" of oil, methane, benzene, hydrogen sulfide, other toxic gases and very poisonous chemical dispersants such as Corexit 9500.

Breathing all of this stuff is not good for your health, but the reality is that the true health toll of this oil spill is not going to be known for decades.

However, the early reports are not encouraging....  

*Already, a large number of workers cleaning up the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico report that they are suffering from flu-like symptoms.

*According to another new report, exposure to the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico has resulted in 162 cases of illnesses reported to the Louisiana state health department.

*In addition, according to one local Pensacola news source,  "400 people have sought medical care for upper or lower respiratory problems, headaches, nausea, and eye irritation after trips to Escambia County beaches."

This is going to be something that we all want to keep a very close eye on.

But it is not just oil spill cleanup workers and people who have gone to the beach who are reporting health issues.  The following is a report from a reader named Dee....

 My 2 friends and I have been sick with headaches and vomiting, also it feels like heartburn, just feeling lousy. We have not been to the Gulf but there is an inlet at the end of our street. We live on the West side of Pensacola FL. near the Bayou. At first I thought it was just me. My 2 friends are having the same symptoms, all at the same time. Right now I have a dull headache, and my stomach is queasy. I have been thinking maybe the chemicals from the oil cleanup or the oil itself is causing us to be ill. It has been raining all day off and on. I started feeling ill late last night. I was wondering if anyone else in Pensacola have the same symptoms.

So what can we conclude from all this?

Well, it is still very early, but when this crisis is all said and done the biggest tragedy of all might be the health devastation that this oil spill has caused.

If the Exxon Valdez oil spill is any indication, a lot of pe0ple are going to end up dying early deaths.

So once again, do you really want to go down there and clean up this oil?

Of course all of this oil is not just going to clean itself up.

But if we all refuse to participate, who will clean it up?

Perhaps BP CEO Tony Hayward and other high ranking BP executives could roll up their sleeves and go down there and start cleaning up all of that toxic sludge.

It's their mess, so let them clean it.   Business Insider June 30,2010 http://www.businessinsider.com/warning-to-gulf-cleanup-workers-almost-every-crew-member-from-the-1989-exxon-valdez-disaster-is-now-dead-2010-6

I would say the wind could blow the 2-butoxyethanol in the dispersant in your direction 

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