UPDATED SFC: BP oil spill Corexit dispersants suspected in widespread crop damage

UPDATED POST: June 28, 2010

The earlier posting referenced the adverse effects of Corexit and crude oil on plants with a link to a research document. Not too may people actually looked at the study though… So I put in the table referenced in the paper to make my point.

There is no other explanation for the crop damage. It’s conjecture on my part but everything points to something that has a widespread effect on plants and crops. Studies on Corexit and its effects on plants are consistent with the damage sustained in the lower Mississippi area. Check out the table on page 877 of the study. While no one precisely knows, all the signs point to BP’s use of aerosolized Corexit brought inland by the ocean winds or rain.

HERE IS AN EXTRACT OF THE PLANT STUDY TITLED I REFERENCED: Morphological changes observed in Paspalum vaginatum after treatment with Abura heavy crude oil (AC) or Oredo light crude oil (OC) and Corexit 9527/Gold crew.

Remember acid rain? Now it seems we could have toxic dispersant rain.

Read in full: LINK`http`www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/ybenjamin/detail?blogid=150&entry_id=65552#ixzz0tP5nWTzR`color: rgb(0, 51, 153); `LINK