ANTH 2000W Lecture 5: The Oil Spill's Toxic Trade Off (Susan Shaw)
5 Dec 2018
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Of all marine mammals are in danger of going extinct. Americans have the world"s highest levels of flame retardants. Lol at least we are the last ones to ignite. You can see the droplets of oil dispersing the deeper you go down into the water column. Reported human health effects, there are columns of volatile fume. The dispersants break down lipids and expose to organisms, damage organs. Starting with the cells of skins and organs. Oil contains hundreds of hydrocarbons dangerous to all organs. By products more dangerous than by products. The safety sheets are very very vague. The corals are going to get hit hard. With corexit and oil there is no fertilization.
