{"id":1283,"date":"2010-06-14T02:42:43","date_gmt":"2010-06-14T02:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/?p=1283"},"modified":"2010-06-14T02:42:43","modified_gmt":"2010-06-14T02:42:43","slug":"sciencecorps-org-chemicals-used-on-the-gulf-oil-spill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/2010\/06\/14\/sciencecorps-org-chemicals-used-on-the-gulf-oil-spill\/","title":{"rendered":"Sciencecorps.org: Chemicals Used on the Gulf Oil Spill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencecorps.org\/gulfspillchemicals.html\">http:\/\/www.sciencecorps.org\/gulfspillchemicals.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>June 10, 2010\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Many products are used on oil spills, including dispersants, surface washing and collecting agents, and bioremediation agents. This webpage discusses potential health effects of the dispersants used on the BP Gulf of Mexico spill through June 10, 2010.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Potential health effects that are discussed on this webpage were determined based on a review of peer reviewed medical science obtained primarily from federal sources.\u00a0 This webpage offers information to the health community and the public to improve access to relevant medical science, inform protective actions, and assist in identifying susceptible populations.\u00a0 A discussion of the toxicity of dispersant chemicals used to date and harm they can cause in combination with crude oil should be used with a tandem webpage on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencecorps.org\/crudeoilhazards.htm\">crude oil hazards<\/a>. Crude oil and dispersants contain chemicals that are hazardous individually and in combination. The likelihood of harm depends on dose and individual susceptibility.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>This webpage should not be relied upon for diagnosis or medical treatment and does not provide specific medical guidance, which must be obtained from an individual&#8217;s personal medical care provider.\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>____________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>The following information is provided on this webpage:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>General characteristics of dispersants<\/p>\n<p>Micelles<\/p>\n<p>Chemical ingredient issues<\/p>\n<p>Information on the two products in use: Corexit 9527A and 9500A<\/p>\n<p>Crude oil and dispersants combined with summary of health hazards<\/p>\n<p>Failure of the government to fully disclose testing results<\/p>\n<p>Essential information list provided to Congress<\/p>\n<p>EPA ingredient list matched to chemicals on this website<\/p>\n<p>Chemical ingredients that are discussed include the following:<\/p>\n<p>propylene glycol<\/p>\n<p>polypropylene glycol butyl ether<\/p>\n<p>DSS<\/p>\n<p>2-butoxyethanol (2-BE)<\/p>\n<p>hydrotreated light petroleum distillates<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/www.sciencecorps.org\/gulfspillchemicals.html June 10, 2010\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Many products are used on oil spills, including dispersants, surface washing and collecting agents, and bioremediation agents. This webpage discusses potential health effects of the dispersants used on the BP Gulf of Mexico spill through June 10, 2010.\u00a0 \u00a0 Potential health effects that are discussed on this webpage were determined &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/2010\/06\/14\/sciencecorps-org-chemicals-used-on-the-gulf-oil-spill\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sciencecorps.org: Chemicals Used on the Gulf Oil Spill<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1283"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1284,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1283\/revisions\/1284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}