Stop worrying about COREXIT, people ! NALCO compares it to baby soap and Jello!

[Bluebear]

COREXIT 9500, the only dispersant NalcoNalco (NYSE: NLC) is manufacturing to help break up the oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico, is a simple blend of six well-established, safe ingredients that biodegrade, do not bioaccumulate and are commonly found in popular household products, the company said today. The COREXIT products do not contain carcinogens or reproductive toxins. All the ingredients have been extensively studied for many yearsmany years and have been determined safe and effective by the EPA.

"Over the past few days, there has been substantial misunderstanding about the nature and composition of our product," said Erik Fyrwald, President and CEO of Nalco. "COREXIT has played a significant role in mitigating the disastrous consequences of the Gulf oil spill and has done so effectively and safely.

"To be clear, we have made available to government regulators all information related to the product, its ingredients and how it interacts with the environment. As always, we remain willing to work with the government in their efforts to minimize the ecological effects that the oil is having on the Gulf's precious natural resources."

Mr. Fyrwald cited recent statements by EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson and Rear Admiral Mary E. Landry, who both have described the beneficial impact that dispersants have had in the Gulf. During a press conference on May 24, Administrator Jackson said the results of dispersant testing have been "positive." She added: "Our tracking indicates that the dispersants are breaking up the oil and speeding its biodegradation, with limited environmental impact at this time."

Admiral Landry added that without the timely use of dispersants, "much more" oil would have reached the shoreline from the ruptured pipe in the Gulf.

Additional technical information about COREXIT, its composition and its features follows.

Examples of everyday products with specific ingredients in common with COREXIT 9500 include:

One ingredient is used as a wetting agent in dry gelatin, beverage mixtures, and fruit juice drinks.


A second ingredient is used in a brand-name dry skin cream and also in a body shampoo.


A third ingredient is found in a popular brand of baby bath liquid.


A fourth ingredient is found extensively in cosmetics and is also used as a surface-active agent and emulsifier for agents used in food contact.


A fifth ingredient is used by a major supplier of brand name household cleaning products for "soap scum" removal.


A sixth ingredient is used in hand creams and lotions, odorless paints and stain blockers.


http://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/10/05/g303484/nalco-releases-additional-technical-information-on-corexit

[angstlessk]

1. put it all togethere and you have.....

gelatin baby skin, emulsified, and soap scum removed. Gee I want to bath my baby in that shit!

[Kalun D]

2. So If That's True

then the CEO's of NALCO and BP should take a nice long bath in it.

Let's say until the leak is stopped or they are dead, whichever happens first.

It attacks the red blood cells so they probably won't last very long, but hey they are the ones saying it's harmless so they should be fine. I say they need to prove it, because they've already proven they are liars.

[Chulanowa]

3. Wow. Seriously? They're playing this game?

This is the same as the claim that "there's only one molecule that makes margerine different from plastic!"

It works great on people ignorant of chemistry. yeah, the claim is true, but that one molecule makes an immense difference, the way it's all bonded makes another immense difference, and so on.

So yes, corexit has all these ingredient, but do you know what? Put them together and you get a toxic, corrosive soup.

I just can't believe how blatantly they're doing this, capitalizing on people's ignorance. Holy shit.

[amborin]

4. with BP it's one lie after another; more on Corexit here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=8382431&mesg_id=8385972

[Bluebear]

6. EPA orders them to stop using it, BP says "screw you" to the USA. No consequences.

[amborin]

7. unfathomable; do they think no one's noticing or what?

[Bluebear]

9. .

[Karenina]

10. Wonder WHOSE planes are being used to dispense this poison?

;-)

[pipi_k]

5. Mmmm...baby soap and Jello...my favorite dessert....

:party:

[LeftyMom]

8. They've used two formulations of Corexit. That's the less toxic one.

Nice of them to gloss over the other stuff and just talk about what they're manufacturing now.

[onestepforward]

11. Corexit is also known as deodorized kerosene.

http://www.care2.com/causes/environment/blog/dispersing-aint-cleaning/

"Oil is toxic at 11 ppm while Corexit is toxic at only 2.61 ppm. So Corexit is about four times as toxic as the oil it is being applied to."

That's a long way from Jello.

[Bluebear]

12. Now, stop, you know BP wouldn't lie to us.

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