This sent to me by Michelle Nix with Gulf Coast Oil Spill Volunteers:
Corexit is terrible...It contains SARA Title II Hazardous Materials that will kill marine life
at 2 p.p.m. A guy with a pond 2/3 miles inland showed 12.5 times this
number....(of 2-butoxyethanol..) in pond water. from aerial spraying,
re-distribution by wind, water spouts, who knows how else. BP is not
concerned. They would not call this guy back. He is meeting at my
office at three tomorrow with laywers. It's gonna be ugly.
I am continuing my research on the best way to test for Corexit.
2-butoxy ethanol or propylene glycol or both? Arsenic also seems to
be present in other instances. We also have solubility issues. It's
being diluted in a large gulf area. In the form it was and is being
applied it becomes dissolved rapidly going straight into the water column
trapping oil and water and creating an emulsion that is also depriving
oxygen content of nearby water so fish will go elsewhere till they find
breathable water or they die. Its a matter of time and weather. A big
hurricane will make a big mess of the Gulf and our shores that will take
a long time to remediate.
You are correct in assuming that I'm getting inundated with
samples. I have an awesome staff of concerned employees. I am very
concerned. I am
am also tire of BP's lack of due digilence on the shores of every
state. They should have tests in dependently performed and
independently reported as public knowledge. We have a right to the
information. We will need to know what's going on for years. I don't
even think BP's concerned about what people that live and vacation here
have a constitutional right to know. We are a governed OF, FOR, and
most importantly BY the people. Our government works for us. It's that
whole Democracy thing that we kicked their (the British) ass a couple
of hundred years ago about..... Also they need to satisfy us...the
people in Texas, Louisiana, Florida,
Mississippi, and Alabama.....Our states represent a lot of really
pissed off people. AND we play college football better than
anyone....hence all those National Champions...including the current
one...BAMA. So if they want to take on a
bunch of pansies go to France or Canada.
I have my very first boat of my life in my back yard with a cover
on it and a letter from Yamaha that says put your motors on water
with oil and your 6 year warranty is history. I'm Southern born and I
am consistent. I'm driving my fourth Jeep Grand Cherokee 4X4, White.
Been married to same chick this October for 30 years. Got daughters
X3 and 1 Grandaughter that's 2..(Mary Evelyn)..... her Bob-Bob won't let
her get near the sand/surf/water at the beach...I also have a Son-in
Law that I love like a son....it's his boat too. We love to
fish...offshore. I'm afaid we may be done for a long time. i will be
conducting testing on my own. last week I caught 18 crabs (Dauphin
Island West End) and started tests. I am inspecting for oil before and
after cooking. So far they look OK.
But things are continuing to change. More oil is coming ashore at Orange Beach and Gulf Shores
and likely every where else too. Now is the time to be ready to react
and BP has sent nearly all workers home. We need to make serious
decisions quickly to prevent our shores from being ruined. BP needs to
address the emulsified oil that may be lurking in the Desoto
Canyon...2-miles deep...If they find it there they need to have that big
ship...A WHALE sit on the surface and suck it up with pumps into their
oil/water separators and into tankers...then treat and recycle the oil
and sell it. They won't even acknowledge or address this issue.
ANALYTICAL CHEMICAL TESTING
LABORATORY, INC.
Consulting Chemists, Scientists, & Engineers
August
11, 2010
Report To: Mr.
James Fox
Post Office
Box 829
Report Of: Chemical Analysis-Soil & Water Samples
BP Oil Spill Study-Gulf Coast
Job #: 10-MISC-0805
Attention: Mr. James Fox jamescfox@gmail.com
________________________________________________________________________________
Analytical
Chemical Laboratory has completed the analysis of soil and water samples taken from
Gulf Coast
Sampled: 08/02-04/10 by J. Fox
Analyzed:
08/06-11/10 by M. Betbeze
Reviewed:
08/11/10 by R. Naman
SAMPLE IDENTIFICATION PARAMETERS RESULTS
ACT ID# 10-MISC-0805-1 Total Petroleum
Orange Beach Surf Water Hydrocarbons 8
p.p.m.
08/04/10 2000 J.
Fox
SAMPLE
IDENTIFICATION PARAMETERS RESULTS
ACT ID# 10-MISC-0805-2 Benzene <0.05
p.p.m.
Orange Beach Tarball Toluene 0.18
p.p.m.
08/04/10 2000 J.
Fox Ethylbenzene <0.05 p.p.m.
Xylenes, Total <0.05 p.p.m.
< = Less Than
p.p.m. = parts per million = milligrams per Liter
SAMPLE IDENTIFICATION PARAMETERS RESULTS
ACT ID# 10-MISC-0805-3
100 yd offshore marker
for
08/04/10 1500 J.
Fox @Corexit
SAMPLE IDENTIFICATION PARAMETERS RESULTS
ACT ID# 10-MISC-0805-4
¼ miles Offshore marker
for
08/02/10 1530 J. Fox @Corexit
SAMPLE IDENTIFICATION PARAMETERS RESULTS
ACT ID# 10-MISC-0805-5 Total Petroleum
Sand/Water @Grand Isle,
LA Hydrocarbons 97,087 p.p.m.
08/02/10 1600 J.
Fox
METHODS:
EPA 8021-BTEX, EPA 418.1-IR
We appreciate this opportunity to be of
service. If there are any questions,
please feel free to call.
Very
truly yours,
ANALYTICAL CHEMICAL TESTING
LABORATORY, INC.
Robert
M. Naman, President
Analytical
Chemist
E-Mail: robertnaman@aol.com
Fellow, American Institute
of Chemists, Reg. 15488
RMN/lcb
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