EXCLUSIVE: Tests find sickened family has 50.3 ppm of Corexit's 2-butoxyethanol in swimming pool — JUST ONE HOUR NORTH OF TAMPA (lab report included)

Probably to disperse the sheen caused by too much suntan lotion. Do it at night because fewer people would still be in the pool.

Excellent comment. Now, if the ochlocrats around here can accept it, and not just shout you down...

I will absolutely buy that argument. The problem is with there being several accounts. Now... are they all using these chemicals?

I believe we should be demanding a thorough testing of the entire area. But, make sure the government and BP have nothing to do with it. Then we'll see.

Another thing ... as was reported in the seeded article ...

"Mrs. Schebler added that she was told, 'The prevailing winds from the Gulf are easterly — and when they spray, it is airborne — and that we are right in the path of those winds.'”

Ms. Schebler was told correctly that the prevailing winds are easterly - as Florida is in the northeast trade winds. However, she either was told incorrectly (or she jumped to an incorrect conclusion) that the winds are 'from the Gulf'. Winds are named by where the wind blows from, not where they blow to. So - an easterly wind would blow from the east to the west - blowing any dispersant dropped in the Gulf further away from her - not towards her.

In order for the Scheblers to be in the path of Corexit-borne winds, the airplanes would have to be dropping the dispersant to the east of them - further inland - perhaps somewhere around Inverness. This seems unlikely to me.

Well - if they they have a homeowner's association (HOA), and if they hurry - then they can apply for a "BP Oil Spill Cooperative Assistance Grant". If they do not already have a HOA, then they can quickly form one as a not-for-profit entity.

I've worked under these types of Technical Assistance Grants (TAGs) for some neighborhoods that have experienced hazardous waste contamination. The neighborhood can hire its own environmental consultant, have samples taken and analyzed, reports written, presentations made - and simply bill the USEPA - no strings attached.

They'll have to hurry, though, since applications are due September 13. Who knows, though? If they raise enough stink, the USEPA may extend the deadline for them. If Ms. Schebler is wandering around in a funk trying to figure out what to do next - this seems like a good way to go. Perhaps you should contact her nyghtshayde. If she's interested - I'll help you help her. There must be a lawyer in the neighborhood who can do the paperwork.

PS: Nyghtshayde - she's in the white pages of the telephone book. That, and Google Earth, is how I know how many houses have pools on her block, and where the closest one is.

Are you sure? Here's your big chance! Why do you think that we can 'safely leave it to others' when almost all of the comments that you get on these articles complain about misinformation campaigns and censoring - even censoring of academic reports (e.g., the recent USF report)? If you get involved, you'll be sure that it's done right and that you have all the unvarnished information.

Give it a shot - I'll help you with the technical aspect of things if they're interested. I'll even write the proposal and the QAPP for free (although, I think we should charge the EPA if they actually want us to implement anything - especially since I'll have to fly down there). Heck, we have a pretty good start by using the things I identify in my Comment #5. On the other hand, I know of a good environmental consulting firm in Gainesville that I could hook them (and potentially you) up with.

so............ explain the night spraying in the first place.

and the lesions that residents are experiencing.

oh, and the three wells........ the night ops........ the corporate link to the obama white house.

then, i'll ignore the fact that this stuff is being sprayed from airplanes and accept that it is coming from household cleansers.

K?

What condition? There are no reports (at least, in this article) about neighbors experiencing the same conditions. There is one mention by Ms. Schebler about one of her friends having unspecified conditions ... a few miles away! It seems to me that if 2-butoxyethanol contamination was high enough to cause these symptoms in Mr. Schebler (and his plants) - then others in the neighborhood would have them too. Where are these stories? Why was this news to the neighbors? Why did the Scheblers contact an analytical chemist instead of a doctor?

This family is lucky they turned to the most experienced chemist in the area for testing for dispersants. I wonder how many other people with pools are still mystified about their condition?

it might get in the way of their clamoring into the forbidden city.......... the city of gold, the upper echelons, the exclusive gated communities, the private schools, the fresh vegetables market at the high end super market complex, first class seats, a mention by the junior league, a plague on the wall, doctors who diagnos, and treat, dentists who fill instead of pull, suv's, golf club memberships, husbands who drink to forget, and wives who have plastic breasts.

go figure.

who cares about the small people, we're expendable, htey wish we'd shut up already and just die.

freebirdreaming

who cares about the small people, we're expendable, htey wish we'd shut up already and just die.

No, you are wrong. For it is us who keep them rich. That's the truth. Only we have to realize that we are far more powerful than they are. It is us, the small people, who do not need them. Why do you think they work so hard to sway us this way and that? But we, the small people, have only one vice which they use to abuse and torment us with... our desire to be them.

wishful thinking............... google, 'useless eaters'........ it will lead straight to Rockefeller.