Democracy Now staying on the details of what is happening around the BP oil mess in the Gulf. First, that $20 billion fund to pay claims by local folks is a sham. Now, payments to workers (many of them fishermen) who have already been working on the clean-up for BP are going to get paid from that amount, rather than BP paying those workers directly. The bigger story, this Corexit they have been spraying and shooting deep into the water - to basically "hide the body", breaking apart the oil so it doesn't appear that massive - is highly toxic. This dispersant is in the air, in the water, on the beaches, in the food chain - and it is a dangerous and powerful poison.
BP Pours Two Million Gallons Of Corexit Into The Gulf, Lawmakers And Advocacy Groups Saying Obama Administration Not Being Candid About The Lethal Affects of Dispersants, Democracy Now, July 20 2010
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