Oil Spills Kill Children

[ysabetwordsmith]

While it's hardly a surprise that toxins kill people, I am intrigued that the major impact falls on pregnancies that happen after  the spill -- for years.  Just in case you thought this wasn't your problem, here's a map of oil spills in America.

Comments

[zesty_pinto]

Everything about crude spills is deadly; did you ever see the Vice episode on Corexit? That stuff is frightening as hell, and guys like Jindal protected them. Meanwhile, evil twin of Peter Garrett, Rick Scott, wanted to use oil spill relief money on a hotel if I recall correctly.

Like I've mentioned elsewhere, a lot of places are experiencing a sad level of pregnancy issues. The one that saddened me the most was Flint, MI, where people are suspicious the lead has made infant mortality rates almost a 50% gamble. This isn't supposed to happen in a G7 nation!

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> Everything about crude spills is deadly; did you ever see the Vice episode on Corexit?<<

Not that one, but plenty of others showing how toxic it is, causing cancers, birth defect, etc. across a wide range of species. Basically don't swim in, eat out of, or otherwise go near the Gulf Coast anymore -- which I said as soon as the spill happened, because duh, toxins persist in an ecosystem.

>> Like I've mentioned elsewhere, a lot of places are experiencing a sad level of pregnancy issues. The one that saddened me the most was Flint, MI, where people are suspicious the lead has made infant mortality rates almost a 50% gamble. <<

It's not just that. Lead is widely banned because it does brain damage. There are papers linking Flint's astronomic rates of mental disabilities and crime to lead poisoning. And no matter when people get around to fixing the pipes, if they ever do, the damage will persist at least for the lifespan of people currently affected.

>> This isn't supposed to happen in a G7 nation!<<

America isn't a developed nation anymore, it's a third-world nation with a developed history. We have a corrupt government, a decrepit economy, and a medical system that leaves people standing in line for 12 hours at a traveling relief clinic.