Posts Tagged ‘dispersants’

The cost of clean-up: Oil spill responders in the Gulf of Mexico exposed to chemical dispersants now have health issues

(Natural News) Cleaning up oil spills is always a dirty and dangerous job, but a new study revealed its hidden health cost. According to Environmental Health Perspectives, two of the chemical dispersants used to clear up the Deepwater Horizon disaster of 2010 have been linked to numerous health problems reported by oil spill response […]

Palestinian Killed In Israeli Undercover Raid On West Bank Hospital

Israeli forces disguised as Arabs, including one impersonating a pregnant woman in a wheelchair, raided a West bank hospital, shooting dead a relative of a man suspected of carrying out a stabbing attack. The Israeli security service operatives infiltrated the hospital in the city of Hebron on Thursday at around 2.50am. Hospital staff and eyewitnesses […]

Fossil wasp galls indicate little change in Southern California habitats since Ice Age

Wasp gall (Andricus kingii) attached to leaf (left) and later dissected to show inhabitant. Credit: © Joyce Gross The La Brea Tar Pits, the world’s richest Ice Age fossil site, is famous for saber-toothed cats, mammoths, and giant sloths, but it also has numerous insect and plant fossils. New research on fossil galls—abnormal plant growths […]

Dispersants Used in BP Gulf Oil Spill Linked to Cancer

  Environmental News Service August 29, 2011 WASHINGTON, DC, August 26, 2011 (ENS) – Five of the 57 ingredients in dispersants approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for use on oil spills are linked to cancer, finds a new research report based on data obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by environmental […]