Serious poisoning because of seawater containing oil spills

BP's oil spill beaches now look cleaner, but scientists' research indicates another truth. Corexite combines with oil to form tar (asphalt). This material does not disappear as expected. This solvent is preventing bacteria from hydrocarbon decay in crude oil.

BP's oil spill beaches now look cleaner, but scientists' research indicates another truth.

BP used Corexit solvents to disperse oil spills from the Deepwater Horizon oil rig on the Gulf of Mexico.

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Poison into the skin is only detected by ultraviolet light. (Source: Discovery)

Corexite combines with oil to form tar (asphalt). This material does not disappear as expected. This solvent is preventing bacteria from hydrocarbon decay in crude oil.

And while standing on beaches that are hard to observe, toxins in this compound are absorbed through wet skin faster than dry skin. The only way to detect is using ultraviolet light.

This is also the way scientists at the University of South Florida conduct research.

The water samples he collected contained organic PAH pollutants with higher levels than can cause cancer. PAHs are present on surface water at the shoreline and mud so they can contaminate groundwater.

'It is necessary to stop using Corexit to disperse oil at sea. The consequences of Coreite have not been known for a long time and its impact on the Gulf of Mexico environment is more terrible than we thought, "the study concluded.

Update 14 December 2018
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