ALERT: 173 ppm oil found in sand at Southwest Florida beach — “Toxic levels” near Sarasota (LAB RESULTS)

Sarasota Water/Sand Tests, www.testingthewater.org, September 22, 2010:

Summary of Testing

• Sample taken: Sept. 14, 2010
• Location: Siesta Key Beach, FL near high tide line
• Type of sample: Sand
• Lab: Analytical Chemical Testing Laboratory (Alabama)
• Result: 173 mg/kg (ppm) of total petroleum hydrocarbons

Lab Results

Sayer Ji of www.testingthewater.org: The hydrocarbons are “concentrating in the sand… to toxic levels.”

It should be noted that the Siesta Key/Sarasota area is also the first place on Florida’s west coast that would be impacted by the BP oil disaster according to several models put out by the federal government.

 

 

 

 

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Monitoring the Gulf of Mexico Conditions During the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, NOAA, August 1-31, 2010:

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