For over a month now, BP has been tromping around with seeming impunity on our marshes, beaches and waters. The oil giant has gone so far as to pay nothing more than lip service when the EPA finally ordered them to find something less toxic than Corexit. We spoke with Bruce Gebhardt, with U.S. Poly., the manufacturers of Dispersit. They were asked for a bid, basically how quickly they could deliver some product, and how quickly they could deliver over 50,000 gallons per day of their water-based dispersing agent. Though Dispersit has been poised for just such an event, no order was placed. An even less toxic agent that BP has already ordered, 100,000 gallons of Sea Brat, sits on a loading dock waiting for BP to take delivery. [Read more...]
The BP Corexit Japanese Connection – Why Toxic Solvents Were Used & Covered Up
We knew there was something fishy going on, but couldn’t figure out what it might be. Why did BP and the EPA keep on using Nalco’s Corexit, which is highly toxic to both humans and wildlife? Turns out that Rodney F. Chase, who sits on the board of Nalco, was also a BP board member. Likelihood that he still holds shares in both companies is very high. So it wasn’t JUST nepotism, it was a for-profit choice.
But it runs deeper than that. Corexit’s manufacturer, Nalco Holding Company is owned by the Blackstone Group (along with MANY other holdings, a huge investment conglomerate.) Blackstone has had Japanese investors for many years, but relatively recently doubled that investment; The Japanese now own 20% of Blackstone. What else does Blackstone own? Large hotel chains, Banquet foods, Seaworld, Six Flags… you name it! Most captive dolphins are in amusement parks like Seaworld, Six Flags, etc. Seaworld claims they have no connection to the dolphin slaughters in Japan (which were documented in the Oscar-award-winning movie “The Cove“). That’s simply not true. [Read more...]
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