Change is Toxic

Dan Youra, editorial cartoonist, draws attention to toxic gases from the Gulf oil in a 6-part series of cartoons. Youra mobilizes his "U Family" of characters to caution against the fallout from the BP oil well blowout. Order cards and posters.

  

BP Stands for "Be Prepared"

Dan Youra, editorial cartoonist, draws attention to the most important BP in the Gulf oil disaster. According to Youra, BP stands for "Be Prepared." In a 5-part series of cartoons Youra mobilizes his "U Family" of characters to sing the praises of gas masks to protect against the fallout from the Gulf oil well blowout. Order cards and posters.

  

     
U Family cartoons © 2010 Youra Media. Order cards and posters.

CDC advises “Everyone, including pregnant women” to avoid areas affected by spill; Expert says crude oil contains “some of the most toxic chemicals that we know"

 
  U.S. Institute of Medicine experts: “Coastal residents” face “higher risk of cancer” from crude oil; “Potential here is huge”


Health Data Gaps, BP Suspicions Worry U.S. Panelists, Bloomberg, June 22, 2010:

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, has issued health warnings…

While they suggest there is no threat, the CDC simultaneously advised “everyone, including pregnant women” to avoid spill-affected areas. …

Shira Kramer, an epidemiologist who has conducted research for the petroleum industry on the health consequences of exposure to petroleum, said she is concerned that the risks are being downplayed.

“It’s completely scientifically dishonest to pooh-pooh the potential here when you are talking aboutsome of the most toxic chemicals that we know,” said Kramer, who is founder and president of consulting firm Epidemiology International in Hunt Valley, Maryland. She isn’t involved with the Institute panels.

“When you talk about community exposure, you are talking about exposures in unpredictable ways and to subpopulations that may be more highly susceptible than others, such as those of reproductive age, people who are immuno-compromised, children or fetuses. …

“[W]e have a soup of chemicals from the crude, chemicals from the dispersants andpollutants that were already in the water. Who can say how they will interact?”

LINK http://www.floridaoilspilllaw.com/cdc-advises-“everyone-including-pregnant-women”-to-avoid-areas-affected-by-spill-expert-says-crude-oil-contains-some-of-the-most-toxic-chemicals-that-we-know

CDC’s website

People, including pregnant women, can be exposed to these chemicals by breathing them (air), by swallowing them (water, food), or by touching them (skin). If possible, everyone, including pregnant women, should avoid the oil and spill-affected areas.

Grand Isle Air Quality is Unhealthy

Air Quality readings for PM 2.5 Particulate Matter of 2.5 microns and less continues to register in the UnHealthy for Sensitive Groups with 3 readings between June 8 and 14th in the Orange UnHealthy Zone on EPA Air Quality Index chart.


2.5 micro particles are smaller and more dangerous than PM 10 particles at 10 microns. The smaller 2.5 PM particles can enter into the smaller passage ways of the human respiratory system and potentially cause greater damage to human health.

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