Wednesday, August 11, 2010
A Calculated Lie
Much like when the EPA falsely told New Yorkers there was no health hazard in the aftermath of 9/11, assurances by NOAA that the Gulf cleanup was a success turn out to be a calculated lie. Continuing the cover-up begun by the White House on day one of the BP spill, NOAA is asking us to believe millions of barrels of oil and millions of gallons of toxic dispersant magically disappeared.
Earlier in the official cover-up, NOAA attacked independent scientists for exposing the massive subsurface oil plumes that now, thanks to the application of toxic dispersants, have settled on the sea floor. Out of sight, out of mind might be the White House game plan for dealing with this public relations nightmare, but dispersant comparable to agent orange in its toxicity, combined with a sea floor coated in oil up to two feet thick, is not conducive to ecological recovery any time soon.
In fact, based on the experience of oil spills elsewhere, the marine life of the Gulf is likely to take decades to begin to recover. In the meantime, everything is poisoned.
Earlier in the official cover-up, NOAA attacked independent scientists for exposing the massive subsurface oil plumes that now, thanks to the application of toxic dispersants, have settled on the sea floor. Out of sight, out of mind might be the White House game plan for dealing with this public relations nightmare, but dispersant comparable to agent orange in its toxicity, combined with a sea floor coated in oil up to two feet thick, is not conducive to ecological recovery any time soon.
In fact, based on the experience of oil spills elsewhere, the marine life of the Gulf is likely to take decades to begin to recover. In the meantime, everything is poisoned.
