On May 17, 2:28*pm, wrote:
On Thu, 13 May 2010 03:48:25 -0700 (PDT), DaveS wrote:
"We shall see" is the real answer to most all right now.

Um, that's what I said about a day ot two after this happened...

Dave
Think ity, bity, teeny, tiny creatures. Think way smaller than 22s or
the rumored 28s. Think itzy bitzy. Then think soap and worse.

Ooooh...I thought he was talking about CARTOON plankters...

And IAC, it's not soap, it's Corexit, IIRC, 9500A. *It's not what was used with
Ixtoc (a different Corexit/Nalco/Exxon product, 9527, from the same family) but
this is less toxic on its own and in use - unfortunately, there is no way to
truly test this kind of thing, so "less toxic" can only mean so much until
"real-world" results are seen. *From what I understand, lab results are at least
promising insofar as "less toxic" goes. *Research after Ixtoc was scant and
somewhat scattered (there is a report out there - check the Oxford Journals if
you can/wish), and while the effects of the 9527 weren't "none," they weren't as
bad as one might guess, either. *So hopefully with the 9500, things won't be too
bad. *At the end of the day, it will remain a "we'll see..."

HTH,
R

Richard,
We have an expression in the West that points out the inadvisability
of ****ing into the wind. Before you dig this hole deeper be sure you
understand just what a detergent is and what it takes to make a
hydrocarbon water miscible.

I personally am limited in this matter by my night school HS chem, and
the four semesters of bonehead sciences we were required to take at
BYU. To make matters worse we were required to attend classes, stay
awake and do our own labs, definitly a curse that forever after
inoculated me with skepticism towards folk like oil industry PR people
with a fondness for 9000 series numbers and gucci shoes. In the words
of one of my old economics mentors, Dr Sar Levitan (GWU) "there is no
free lunch."

These people (BP etc) apparently were not following industry best
practices. BP has a problem with safety and this is not the first
instance where they crossed the line, You do not need to defend them.
We all use and rely on petro products. If some assholes cut corners we
need to fix the problem. Not paper it over or pretend.

Dave