Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Dispersant makes oil from spills 52 times more toxic

We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Monday, December 3, 2012

Dispersant makes oil from spills 52 times more toxic

Click here to access article by Douglas Main from Climate Connections.

The findings of this research suggests that the oil industries use of chemical dispersnants is motivated more by political reasons, and ultimately, protecting their profits rather than that of protecting the environment. As they say, "out of sight, out of mind."

For microscopic animals living in the Gulf of Mexico, even worse than the toxic oil released during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster may be the very oil dispersants used to clean it up, a new study finds.