Proving Corexit Poisoning-Civil Engineer Marco Kaltofen-Gulf Oil Spill

Watch step by step as WPI Chemical Engineer Marco Kaltofen performs an experiment using actual crude oil from the BP well and Corexit 9500A, the oil dispersant used by BP in the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Mr. Kaltofen demonstrates how Corexit suspends the most toxic hydrocarbons in the water column by a factor of about 35X more than absorbtion from crude oil alone, which floats to the surface in its natural form. BP used close to 2M gallons of this dispersant at the base of the blown out oil well and at the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, allowing this substance to mix into 5000 feet worth of water from the base of the well.

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[phy6uva]

@MedievalSid - nice skills of observation - except the fact that you completely missed that he used two different pipettes.

[bigscoach]

And yet again and again, BP/DP keeps fucking up.

[lovelplants]

i dont really like chemicals.. but the video is nice and very simple to understand why is that happen..

[CooldudeXXL]

And BTW, the corexit itself is deadly. END BP.

[TheRustyflame]

I was going to post a nice ranting comment but then I stopped and realized; this isn't my area, I don't actually have good scientific knowledge of this, how about I not make ridiculous claims and think that I know more than REAL scientists. Maybe everyone shouldn't be sucked in by the media's claims and think they know everything and better ways to solve such problems. Dilution = good.

[TheRustyflame]

@academiccuriosity Thank you, someone who know what they're actually talking about.

[msbirdieblue]

The gulf is nasty and the seafood is unsafe. Please don't bring you families to the gulf. The gulf states tourism was given millions of dollars from BP to advertise"clean beaches,safe seafood" True lies. I was exposed to the Corexit. Spray from the air. I have rashes, wounds that won't heal, dizziness, can't sleep, hospitalized July 28,2011 for 8 days for rash and still no anwsers from the doctors.

[suthnautr]

They've totally F'd the environment, on purpose, for profit and greed. We need to go to war against BP. If terrorists were to blow up a well and drop that much corexit into the water we'd be over there killing them all right now. BP is an enemy of the US people.

[WhoDatBiloxi]

This is incredible. I live in Biloxi and just got off of Hwy 90 (Beach Blvd) and there are people everywhere on the beach. It's been 1 year 11 days since these people ruined our home and poisoned our friends and family. I'm moved beyond tears and hatred when I look at my 3 year old little boy and realize I'll never get to bring him fishing at Horn Island like my dad has done with me hundreds of times. We'd catch and eat fish and crabs all summer. Not anymore.

[FireofSekhmet]

Note: corexit has been known to bioaccummulate. We'll find small amounts now, but it will build up and store itself in sea animals who eat smaller contaminated prey. Excuse me while I never eat seafood again.

[lumeriam]

All who work for BP are sick evil bastards and you should all go to off this planet very soon.

[Phantess]

I feel sick.