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30th June 2010, 09:14 AM
Gulf of Mexico Presents Unprecedented Toxicity Problems
by Kim Evans
Global Research, June 29, 2010
NaturalNews - 2010-06-27
If you`re living in the U.S., particularly within a thousand miles of
the Gulf, you need to detoxify your body now. Here`s why: Crude oil is
packed with a toxic chemical called benzene. Even in small amounts,
benzene is associated with leukemia, Hodgkin`s Lymphoma and other
serious blood and immune system diseases. The EPA`s "safe level" for
benzene is 4 ppb (parts per billion) and benzene is being found in
Gulf air at levels of 3,000 ppb. Crude oil is being smelled hundreds
of miles away, and make no mistake, if you can smell oil, you`re
breathing highly toxic benzene.
With the oil, numerous toxic gases are also gushing from earth and
gases that everyone near the Gulf is being exposed to include hydrogen
sulfide and methylene chloride. The EPA`s allowable limit for hydrogen
sulfide is 5-10 ppb (parts per billion), but on May 3rd air levels of
1,192 ppb were recorded. A former oil company CEO says these levels
pose serious, even fatal, risks to adults and unborn children.
Hydrogen sulfide acts like carbon monoxide and cyanide gases - it
inhibits cellular respiration and oxygen uptake, and causes cellular
suffocation. As for methylene chloride, the body changes it to carbon
monoxide - and it`s known to cause liver damage, skin damage and
cancer. The EPA`s safe level for methylene chloride is 61 ppb - and
it`s being found in the air at levels of 3,000 ppb.
Most people know that the chemical dispersant BP is using is highly
toxic. It`s so toxic that the EPA ordered BP to use a different and
less toxic dispersant - an order which BP ignored. Currently, over a
million gallons of these toxic chemicals have been dumped into our
oceans. With the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the same dispersant caused
serious respiratory, liver, nervous system, kidney and blood damage in
people - and reports that clean up crews in the Gulf are falling ill
are plenty. On the manufacturer`s label, it says that no toxicity
testing has been done, but these chemicals being used in enormous and
uncontained quantities are obviously very toxic.
All of this sounds bad, and it is, but here`s the kicker: as part of
the earth`s interconnected ecosystem, rain water comes from the
oceans. So, it shouldn`t be a surprise that scientists are predicting
severe destruction across the U.S. from toxic rains - and it appears
the first cases are being reported about 400 miles from the Gulf. In
fact, hundreds of acres of Tennessee farm land are at risk.
The crops have small, raindrop-sized burn marks on them and while the
mainstream media is reporting crop damage, they haven`t yet made the
connection between the toxic, chemical-ridden rains and the potential
crop failure. It`s being reported that these raindrop-sized burn marks
are affecting everything in sight, and no plant is immune. Dead birds
are also being found nearby. These crops may fail and if they do
survive, it`s likely they`ll be toxic to consume because plants being
watered with toxic chemicals will absorb those chemicals into their
cells.
So, what can you do? Detoxify your body now and continue to do so
regularly in the months and years to come. These chemicals in the air
- and likely soon in the drinking water and in crops that do survive -
present a very real danger inside our bodies. Thankfully, there are
methods to remove these chemicals - but it`s up to you to take the
steps to do so.
by Kim Evans
Global Research, June 29, 2010
NaturalNews - 2010-06-27
If you`re living in the U.S., particularly within a thousand miles of
the Gulf, you need to detoxify your body now. Here`s why: Crude oil is
packed with a toxic chemical called benzene. Even in small amounts,
benzene is associated with leukemia, Hodgkin`s Lymphoma and other
serious blood and immune system diseases. The EPA`s "safe level" for
benzene is 4 ppb (parts per billion) and benzene is being found in
Gulf air at levels of 3,000 ppb. Crude oil is being smelled hundreds
of miles away, and make no mistake, if you can smell oil, you`re
breathing highly toxic benzene.
With the oil, numerous toxic gases are also gushing from earth and
gases that everyone near the Gulf is being exposed to include hydrogen
sulfide and methylene chloride. The EPA`s allowable limit for hydrogen
sulfide is 5-10 ppb (parts per billion), but on May 3rd air levels of
1,192 ppb were recorded. A former oil company CEO says these levels
pose serious, even fatal, risks to adults and unborn children.
Hydrogen sulfide acts like carbon monoxide and cyanide gases - it
inhibits cellular respiration and oxygen uptake, and causes cellular
suffocation. As for methylene chloride, the body changes it to carbon
monoxide - and it`s known to cause liver damage, skin damage and
cancer. The EPA`s safe level for methylene chloride is 61 ppb - and
it`s being found in the air at levels of 3,000 ppb.
Most people know that the chemical dispersant BP is using is highly
toxic. It`s so toxic that the EPA ordered BP to use a different and
less toxic dispersant - an order which BP ignored. Currently, over a
million gallons of these toxic chemicals have been dumped into our
oceans. With the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the same dispersant caused
serious respiratory, liver, nervous system, kidney and blood damage in
people - and reports that clean up crews in the Gulf are falling ill
are plenty. On the manufacturer`s label, it says that no toxicity
testing has been done, but these chemicals being used in enormous and
uncontained quantities are obviously very toxic.
All of this sounds bad, and it is, but here`s the kicker: as part of
the earth`s interconnected ecosystem, rain water comes from the
oceans. So, it shouldn`t be a surprise that scientists are predicting
severe destruction across the U.S. from toxic rains - and it appears
the first cases are being reported about 400 miles from the Gulf. In
fact, hundreds of acres of Tennessee farm land are at risk.
The crops have small, raindrop-sized burn marks on them and while the
mainstream media is reporting crop damage, they haven`t yet made the
connection between the toxic, chemical-ridden rains and the potential
crop failure. It`s being reported that these raindrop-sized burn marks
are affecting everything in sight, and no plant is immune. Dead birds
are also being found nearby. These crops may fail and if they do
survive, it`s likely they`ll be toxic to consume because plants being
watered with toxic chemicals will absorb those chemicals into their
cells.
So, what can you do? Detoxify your body now and continue to do so
regularly in the months and years to come. These chemicals in the air
- and likely soon in the drinking water and in crops that do survive -
present a very real danger inside our bodies. Thankfully, there are
methods to remove these chemicals - but it`s up to you to take the
steps to do so.