The VGCSN is gradually contributing more to the blog, so continue to check in!
Meanwhile, here are some articles on the horrific environmental damage being done by BP as it applies the dispersant, Corexit. The chemical is four times more dangerous than the crude oil itself. Harking back to chain gang days, BP has hired prison inmates for the cleanup. These workers have not been allowed to wear respirators because it would draw attention to the hazards of the chemicals. Yet we know there are reports of workers hospitalized, people wheezing, and rashes appearing.
I heard many stories of people getting sick. I talked to the wife of a Vietnamese fisherman: “My husband has had chest problems ever since he went to work for BP,” she told me. “A lot of people are getting sick. And when the south wind blows, my asthma gets bad,” she said. In an internet café, I overheard a young man talking loudly into his cell about a blistering rash on his chest. “The doctor thinks it’s over-exposure to the chemicals,” he said.
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