BP=Benzene Poisoning Crude Oil is Loaded with Benzene

Crude oil is full of Benzene. If you are working or walking on the beach and can smell oil, you are inhaling benzene. This little fact will never reach the MSM and should be one of the biggest concerns of everyone that is anywhere near the spill. With summer coming it's going to heat up the oil and cause more evaporation and this is all going to drift over land. My main concern would be smelling the crude 3 out of 4 days of the week for say a year. And if it's going to effect we humans what about everything else that is in it's path, from bugs to the forest.

http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/csem/benzene/physiologic_effects.html
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Benzene-induced leukemia has a usual latency period of 5 to 15 years and, in many cases, is preceded by aplastic anemia.

Several agencies (e.g., the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency , and the International Agency for Research on Cancer) classify benzene as a confirmed human carcinogen. EPA estimates that a lifetime exposure to 4 ppb benzene in air will result in, at most, 1 additional case of leukemia in 10,000 people exposed. EPA has also estimated that lifetime exposure to a benzene concentration of 100 ppb in drinking water would correspond to, at most, 1 additional cancer case in 10,000 people exposed.

http://www.leukemiainfocenter.com/Benzene_Toxicity.html

Documented cases of benzene-related blood diseases date back to before the turn of the 20th Century. The relationship between benzene and leukemia was first reported in 1928. In 1948, the American Petroleum Institute published a report linking benzene exposure to leukemia, concluding that the only safe level of benzene exposure is no exposure at all.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzene

Health


Some women who breathed high levels of benzene for many months had irregular menstrual periods and a decrease in the size of their ovaries. It is not known whether benzene exposure affects the developing fetus in pregnant women or fertility in men.

Animal studies have shown low birth weights, delayed bone formation, and bone marrow damage when pregnant animals breathed benzene.

Benzene has been connected to a rare form of kidney cancer in two separate studies, one involving tank truck drivers, and the other involving seamen on tanker vessels, both carrying benzene-laden chemicals.

The US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) classifies benzene as a human carcinogen. Long-term exposure to excessive levels of benzene in the air causes leukemia, a potentially fatal cancer of the blood-forming organs, in susceptible individuals. In particular, Acute myeloid leukemia or acute non-lymphocytic leukaemia (AML & ANLL) is not disputed to be caused by benzene.

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Haley Barbour, Pensacola city/Florida state adminstrators, Louisiana people, and Joe Scarborough should all be severely and publicly humiliated for the crap they've been broadcasting.

for many years to come.

I wonder if the seafood that they are catching in the Gulf is really safe.

the winds from the west make it clean across the state.

but I would not be surprised to see it gathered up in
a weather pattern and then dropped further inland.

I don't know if this is your creation or if you took it from the other thread but it is as spot on as a word can ever be.

just helping them get the word used more.

It is one of the most important words to describe what is happening along with the BP oil gusher and unprecedented ecological destruction. But ecocide is so succinct. It must make it into the vernacular and the sooner the better. This needs to be at the top of Google. Now.

Refineries perform fractional distillations to separate out the different compounds, which are then sold to industry.

who suffered from leukemias before the link was established. Very bad stuff to handle in the lab... I can't imagine how bad it must be to have the environment saturated with it.

This was about 30 years ago.

We have a large amount of oil, over 1,000,000 gallons of dispersant, shoddy cleanup and containment,
who knows the lasting affects. Man has never been here before and it seems that the ones that should know
are just guessing.

Our lives are in the hands of fools.

Gulf and LA....that made me wonder if all this crap in the air contributed to the bizarre flood.

We can only sit back and see what affect this really has.

been really concerned with people getting into the water even when it looks clean

If this Haley Barbour is telling everyone that the water is safe and then they get sick
can they then turn around and sue him??

(for PR reasons)

is also loaded with benzene.

It's required for all chemicals.

http://lmrk.org/corexit_9500_uscueg.539287.pdf

the MSDS tells everything about it....this too....

11. TOXICOLOGICAL INFORMATION
No toxicity studies have been conducted on this product.



wonder why it's banned in Europe but not here.....so they are diluting the oil with another petroleum product.

http://msds.chem.ox.ac.uk/BE/benzene.html
Toxicology

This material is a known carcinogen. The risks of using it in the laboratory must be fully assessed before work begins. TLV 10 ppm. Short-term exposure may cause a variety of effects, including nausea, vomiting, dizziness, narcosis, reduction in blood pressure, CNS depression. Skin contact may lead to dermatitis. Long-term exposure may lead to irreversible effects. Severe eye irritant. Skin and respiratory irritant.

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http://www.sciencelab.com/xMSDS-Benzene-9927339
Potential Chronic Health Effects:
CARCINOGENIC EFFECTS: Classified A1 (Confirmed for human.) by ACGIH, 1 (Proven for human.) by IARC. MUTAGENIC
EFFECTS: Classified POSSIBLE for human. Mutagenic for mammalian somatic cells. Mutagenic for bacteria and/or yeast.
TERATOGENIC EFFECTS: Not available. DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY: Classified Reproductive system/toxin/female
. The substance is toxic to blood, bone marrow, central nervous system (CNS). The substance may be toxic to
liver, Urinary System. Repeated or prolonged exposure to the substance can produce target organs damage


Personal Protection:
Splash goggles. Lab coat. Vapor respirator. Be sure to use an approved/certified respirator or equivalent. Gloves.
Personal Protection in Case of a Large Spill:
Splash goggles. Full suit. Vapor respirator. Boots. Gloves. A self contained breathing apparatus should be used to avoid
inhalation of the product. Suggested protective clothing might not be sufficient; consult a specialist BEFORE handling this
product.

maybe stay a mile or so away from cars with their engines running if you're worried about benzine :

New EPA Rules for Gasoline Limit Benzene, a Carcinogen ....dated February 10, 2007

The Environmental Protection Agency issued rules yesterday that will dramatically cut toxic fumes from cars and trucks over the next 25 years.

The regulations, which will reduce the amount of cancer-causing benzene in gasoline and set tighter emission standards for autos in cold temperatures and for fuel containers, will help reduce toxic emissions from passenger cars by 80 percent from 1999 levels by 2030.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/09/AR2007020902055.html

If you're that conecered about it why wait up another 20 years ?