I felt compelled to write about this mega disaster because I am afraid that eventually it will affect my way of life, in ways that I can't even fully imagine.
I live in south Florida, on the east coast, and even though the oil spill is closer to the west coast of Florida, there is a good possibility that the air quality will do us in, before the oil spill gets completely caught up in the gulf stream, which loops around the southern tip of Florida, and then loops around to the east coast.
I worry more about the air quality because of the dispersant that BP continues to use in order to "hide" how bad the oil spill really is, from any satellite, which can pick up the image. Crude oil is also very toxic, when you breath in its fumes, and when your skin comes in contact with it.
The possibility that anyone who comes into direct contact with this crude oil, without the proper hazmat type protection suits, will probably compromise their health to the point where they end up developing a deadly form of cancer. A Hazmat suit is a garment worn as protection from hazardous materials or substances. A Hazmat suit is generally combined with breathing apparatus for protection and may be used by firefighters, emergency personnel responding to toxic spills, researchers, specialists cleaning up contaminated facilities, or workers in toxic environments. It is sometimes confused with, or referred to as, an NBC (Nuclear, Biological, Chemical) suit, which is a military version intended to be usable in combat. Source: Wikipedia
I am completely flabbergasted, when I see footage of any kind of clean up being done, without the protection of some kind of hazmat suit, which includes a safe breathing apparatus device. I feel that BP should pay for these suits, so as to prevent another tragedy.
The even sadder thing for the people, who live along the coast, besides the loss of their fishing careers, is that there will be many devastating health related issues to deal with, which includes early trimester pregnant women, whose fetuses are much more vulnerable to any type of toxicity, which their mothers are currently unknowingly breathing, because of the toxic crude oil, and the toxic dispersant, which BP is still using.
I am outraged by the lack of urgency BP has been showing, with not allowing any outside help that could have sped up their attempts at cleaning up this environmental disaster, so that it wouldn't have gotten so far out of hand.
There are many people, who have decided to boycott BP, because they are also outraged by this mega environmental disaster, but in order to boycott them efficiently, one must also boycott aluminum cans, which may prove to be nearly impossible for some people to do.
I am including three videos, so that you can see why we all should be concerned with this disaster, even if you don't live as close to it as I do.
Warning explicit language.
If you care to view another video, which shows aerial views of the BP oil spill you can click on this link. This video is a real eye opener, which shows how much oil is really out there in the Gulf Of Mexico, compared to what the media has been allowed to show us.
Due to copyright infringements, I can not post the video here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGYaL8ky-uk
What are your thoughts about BP, and what they have been doing to stop this terrible environmental disaster?
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