Bio-Remediation or Bio-Hazard? Dispersants, Bacteria and Illness in the Gulf

Another good Riki Ott article.
She is someone who has kept at
raising awareness. Raising
awareness WILL save lives, so
I really do admire her effort~~

Bio-Remediation or Bio-Hazard? Dispersants, Bacteria and Illness in the Gulf

Ocean Springs, MS -- A grandmother made me rethink all the bio-remediation hype. The "naturally-occurring oil-eating bacteria" have been newsworthy of late as they are supposedly going to come to the rescue of President Obama and BP and make good on their very premature statement that "the oil is gone."

We were talking about subsurface oil in the Gulf when she said matter-of-factly, "The bacteria are running amok with the dispersants." What? "Those oil-eating bacteria -- I think they're running amok and causing skin rashes." My mind reeled. Could we all have missed something so simple?

The idea was crazy but, in the context of the Gulf situation -- an outbreak of mysterious persistent rashes from southern Louisiana across to just north of Tampa, Florida, coincident with BP's oil and chemical release, it seemed suddenly worthy of investigating.

rest of article~~
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/riki-ott/bio-remediation-or-bio-ha_b_720461.html


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