Dispersants Hearing: NOAA admits Gulf seafood not tested, yet says toxins may BIOACCUMULATE!

Use of Dispersants in Response to Gulf Oil Spill, Senate Committee Appropriations | Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, July 15, 2010:

Rush Transcript Excerpts (Apologies for all caps)

Senator Lisa Murkowsi (R-AK):

HAVE YOU DETECTED ANYTHING THAT IS NOTICEABLE OR REPORTABLE IN THE SEAFOOD THAT YOU'VE BEEN TESTING?


Larry Robinson, assistant secretary of Commerce for oceans and atmosphere/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA):

OUR SEAFOOD TESTS ARE MORE ALL -- IT'S WHAT IS DISPERSED ON OUR PROTOCOLS ARE NOT SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT DISPERSANTS OR THE BYPRODUCTS OF DISPERSANTS.

Senator Murkowski:

ARE YOU INTENDING TO DO THAT?


NOAA:

I THINK THAT WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT THING TO CONSIDER BECAUSE WE'RE LEARNED FROM THIS SITUATION THAT THERE ARE OTHER POTENTIALS HERE, PERHAPS EVEN FROM BIOACCUMULATION OF DISPERSANTS AND THEIR BYPRODUCTS INTO SEAFOOD. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE ON OUR LIST OF THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT.


Senator Murkowski:

IS FDA TESTING THIS... ARE THEY TESTING FOR DISPERSANTS?


NOAA:

I DON'T THINK THE PROTOCOLS, PRESENTLY CALL FOR THE TESTING OF SEAFOOD, WITH REGARD TO SEAFOOD SAFETY WITH REGARD TO DISPERSANTS OR BYPRODUCTS.

IT'S REALLY THE OIL THAT WE'RE -- AND THE OIL BIPRODUCTS THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IN SEAFOOD AT THE MOMENT.


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[Asylum709]

If you eat Gulf Seafood, and develope Cancer in 10 or 20 years from now...or less......At least you will know where it came from......I wouldnt trust these Fuckhead Liars....They will say anything to get money on there pocket, Because as we all know,..thats all they want and even care about .......

[NibiruMagick2012]

Not a single test result to be found...... This is a great example of what is not getting done and the risks "they" are putting the population under to try to save the economy.

This is criminal................

[aiglefort]

Who is this senator? She is the first I've heard asking the pertinent questions. So with his answers unchanged as of December 2, we have a Dine-Out nationally encouraging us to eat seafood from the Gulf. Beginning in January, I invite the nation to New Orleans for a series of Truth-Outs, which will last as long as the lies last.

[Aesus1]

@sirus10

That is the less toxic of the two, remember, they also used Corexit 9527A

[suutari13]

what a babbling liar. fucking lawyer speak. Some people just need to be eradicated from this world

[suutari13]

what babbling liar. fucking lawyer speak.

[sirus10]

corexit 9500 ingrediants The list includes 1,2-Propanediol ; 2-butoxy-ethanol ; 2-sulfo-Butanedioic acid, 1,4-bis(2-ethylhexyl) ester, sodium salt (1:1); Sorbitan, mono-(9Z)-9-octadecenoate; Sorbitan, mono-(9Z)-9-octadecenoate, poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl) derivss.; Sorbitan, tri-(9Z)-9-octadecenoate, poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl) derivs; 2-Propanol, 1-(2-butoxy-1-methylethoxy)- ; and Distillates (petroleum), hydrotreated light.think before you eat and swim fda=murder inc

[GulfOilDisaster2010]

I need to research this "salmon in the gulf" stuff that the helpful Senator from Alaska was referring to. BTW, when a fisherman pulls a boat load of oysters up and finds three out of a thousand even alive-- something is killing them-- whether oil or dispersants.

[ZorgDK]

@NibiruMagick2012 ofcourse they have done plenty of testing already. they are just deciding what to do with the fact that the chemical cocktail that is now the Gulf has completely hit the entire food chain.

[MsArgentana]

People should pay for testing of at least some food by themselves and than give notice through newspapers. I am so sorry for what's happening!!

[paulkielsmithdotcom]

I hope everyone here understands something.

The major funding for the EPA (especially around the gulf states) comes from the Oil Industry.

The Lion's share of money that the EPA gets to protect us from big oil, comes from big oil.

Please believe me when I say this, there is no way out of this mess short of reform. And by reform I mean the kind of reform that ends up with your countrie's flag looking different when the smoke clears