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TalkingDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-18-10 09:11 AM
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Water “sample exploded” when chemist tested for oil; “Most likely” methane or Corexit
On a Channel 5 News investigation of the GOM water toxicity. Includes transcripts of TV report.

http://www.floridaoilspilllaw.com/shock-water-sample-exploded-when-chemist-tested-for-oil-most-likely-methane-or-corexit



When Naman added an organic solvent to separate the oil from the water , just like he did with all the other samples, this sample exploded right in his lab. “It was almost instantaneous. Actually, maybe one second. that’s just weird.” The result surprised even our chemist.

“We think it most likely happened, either due to the presence of methanol, or methane gas. or the presence of the dispersant, Corexit.”

Even if you don’t see oil on the beach or in the water… chances are it’s there. All of our tests from orange beach to Dauphin Island showed an abnormal presence of oil…

News 5 will test that water for chemicals, specifically chemicals linked to the dispersant… Corexit.
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-18-10 09:12 AM
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1. Whoa! nt
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Richard Steele Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-18-10 09:13 AM
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2. K&R
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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-18-10 09:13 AM
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3. Methane most likely
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n2doc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-18-10 12:46 PM
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11. Not for a surface, nearshore marina sample
Methane is a gas and will escape into the atmosphere pretty rapidly.
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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-18-10 03:23 PM
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13. From memory
none of the contents of Corexit are flamable. I did post a while back that methane doesn't disolve in water but apparently that was pure water. According to some it can disolve in seawater but I don't know under which conditions.
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-18-10 09:14 AM
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4. K & R !!!
:wtf:

:wow:

:kick:
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slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-18-10 09:22 AM
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5. The good news is there's an engine that can propel a car 200 miles on a cup of that water
But the oil companies are sitting on the patent.
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divideandconquer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-18-10 01:16 PM
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12. Slackmaster, what is the point of this post?
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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-18-10 09:24 AM
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6. Ah, so this was their plan all along: turn the Gulf of Mexico
into an open-air fuel refinery.

Next! Stay tuned for BP to start selling their homemade brew at a station near you!
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me b zola Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-18-10 09:30 AM
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7. Mmmm, popcorn shrimp
:(
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yella_dawg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-18-10 10:35 AM
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9. Whoa! That's really sick.
But it's hilarious anyway.
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me b zola Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-18-10 12:45 PM
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10. It is sick
Sick that they are not testing the seafood for anything except the presence of oil. Sick is what we are doing to our oceans. Sick that the people are being lied to.
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yella_dawg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-18-10 05:53 PM
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14. Really? I've been enjoying the hell out of it.
If I use substitution code, does your user name translate to Captain Obvious?
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G_j Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-18-10 10:32 AM
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8. K&R
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