Suspicious Timing - New Oil Leak in Gulf.

NOT AGAIN: ANOTHER OIL SPILL REPORTED NEAR BP EXPLOSION SITE IN GULF

• The Blaze Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:16am by  Emily Esfahani Smith

The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating what seems to be an oil spill just 20 miles north of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, which is where the BP spill occurred. The leaky rig may be the Matterhorn SeaStar, owned by W&T Offshore, Inc. The slick is said to be 30 miles off the coast of Louisiana.

According to reports, two callers contacted the National Response Center on Friday, reporting that they had seen an oil slick in the water:

A helicopter crew and pollution investigators have been dispatched to Main Pass Block 41 in response to two calls to the National Response Center, the federal point of contact for reporting oil and chemical spills, said Paul Barnard, an operations controller for Coast Guard Sector New Orleans.

The first caller, around 11 a.m., described a sheen of about a half-mile long and a half-mile wide, he said.

About two hours later, another caller reported a much larger sheen — about 100 miles long — originating in the same area and spreading west to Cocodrie on Terrebonne Bay, Barnard said.

“We haven’t been able to verify that, and it would be very unlikely for an individual to be able to observe a 100-mile long sheen,” he said, adding inspection teams were en route around 3 p.m. to the site.

The Huffington Post is reporting that “the slick was sighted by a helicopter pilot on Friday and is about 100 miles long. A fishing boat captain said he went through the slick yesterday and it was strong enough to make his eyes burn.”

The AP is reporting today that the Coast Guard is investigating whether the material seen in the water is actually oil: “officials are collecting samples to determine what it is.

"Mommy! Get The Oil Off!"

By Darryl Mason

Fucking hell. Thousands of Americans are swimming around in this toxic shit :





Morons like this guy below are telling Americans it's okay to swim, and to take their children swimming, and for people from other states to come and swim in this oily sticky, sickening stew, too. The tourist dollar is all that matters :



Don't forgot, the oil only now poisoning Florida's beaches is the stuff that gushed from the Gulf back in late April.

The EPA has been slow to act to warn Americans about how toxic this oil sludge is, sludge that will be washing up on beaches for months to come, even if a miracle earthquake closed off the multiple gushers of oil and methane tomorrow, 5000 feet down on the sea floor of the Gulf of Mexico. Now the EPA advises the following :

n Avoid entering areas where oil can be seen or smelled.

n Avoid direct skin contact with oil, oil-contaminated water and sediments.

n Do not swim or ski in areas affected by the oil spill, and if traveling through the area by boat, take precautions when hoisting the boat anchor. If oil makes contact with skin, wash it off with soap and water.

n Do not harvest or eat fish found dead, fish with oily residue or fish that have a petroleum odor.

n Avoid boating through oil slicks or sheens.

n Young children, pregnant women, people with compromised immune systems and individuals with underlying respiratory conditions should avoid oily areas.

Prevent pets from entering oil-contaminated areas.

The EPA got hammered for telling New Yorkers, and thousands of tourists, the air was safe to breathe around Ground Zero, in the days after 9/11 when it was clearly not. Maybe this time they decided they won't take part in helping to expose Americans to the equivalent of a mass poisoning.


400 People Have Sought Medical Care For Respiratory Problems, Headaches, Nausea, Eye Irritations After Visiting Florida Beaches, EPA Opening Public Decontamination Stations


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