JoshERTW
23rd July 2010, 20:12
New Veritas show with James Fox is up. Interesting interview, not sure the date on it (maybe if Mel is reading this he will respond to it).
Some Highlights:
- James collected water samples (one given by a BP employee) and found propylene glycol concentrations of 350-400 ppm where safe levels are ~5ppm - this compound is a component of corexit, which implies that the overall corexit concentration is even higher than this.
- The lab technician also found an unidentified compound in the samples which 'ate through grease and sealants like nothing he'd ever seen.' Who wants to bet this is the 'secret ingredient' in Corexit which they do not list on the label and are not required to disclose under B/S trade secret laws
- James scouted out a dumpster full of 'cleaned up' tar balls and followed the truck that picked it up to a waste facility and was accosted by police at the gate. Since when do police guard waste management facilities? He later tracked the material to a local garbage dump.- I guess it stopped being toxic during the truck ride?
Show can be found here (ep. 86)
http://www.veritasshow.com/veritasplayer.html
Keep the hits coming Mel - also the episode with George Ure (85) was very interesting and touched on some potential economic implications of the gulf disaster.
Some Highlights:
- James collected water samples (one given by a BP employee) and found propylene glycol concentrations of 350-400 ppm where safe levels are ~5ppm - this compound is a component of corexit, which implies that the overall corexit concentration is even higher than this.
- The lab technician also found an unidentified compound in the samples which 'ate through grease and sealants like nothing he'd ever seen.' Who wants to bet this is the 'secret ingredient' in Corexit which they do not list on the label and are not required to disclose under B/S trade secret laws
- James scouted out a dumpster full of 'cleaned up' tar balls and followed the truck that picked it up to a waste facility and was accosted by police at the gate. Since when do police guard waste management facilities? He later tracked the material to a local garbage dump.- I guess it stopped being toxic during the truck ride?
Show can be found here (ep. 86)
http://www.veritasshow.com/veritasplayer.html
Keep the hits coming Mel - also the episode with George Ure (85) was very interesting and touched on some potential economic implications of the gulf disaster.