Oil Means More Arsenic In Seawater 168
oxi writes "Besides the oil already spilling into the Gulf of Mexico at the rate of up to 60,000 barrels daily, a group of British scientists says one can expect to see elevated levels of arsenic as well. The research, published in the journal Water Research, showed that oil prevents naturally-occurring arsenic from being filtered out of the water by the sediment on the ocean floor."
Good news everybody! (Score:3, Funny)
Oh dear.
Re:And yet... (Score:5, Funny)
Everything that is possibly sensational about this story (as if the spill wasn't sensational enough) will be reported.
This spill is a reporters wet dream and they will milk it for everything they can.
Did you see the "will it rain oil" stories they were running now that we started hurricane season?
It is 1:30 AM CST and I am willling to bet good money that if I go into the break room at my job, Anderson Cooper is on with more oil spill coverage. I don't think the guy reports on anything else and he seems to be all that is on for CNN at night
Re:What's the concentration? (Score:2, Funny)
Has somebody informed the fish that the levels of arsenic in their bodies are approaching regulatory limits? Maybe throw in some dialysis machines or pills that absorb arsenic mixed in with fish food into the oceans?
Why aren't we helping the fish help themselves?
Re:A little arsenic.... (Score:1, Funny)
The American people demand more information and a live feed!
Re:Save the Gulf: Send the Enterprise (Score:5, Funny)
You're still not getting it. With the scales we are talking about, you'd be better off zipping out into the middle of the gulf yourself on a zodiac and blowing bubbles in the water with a drinking straw. It'd be a hell of a lot cheaper, and it'd accomplish about as much.
Re:What's the concentration? (Score:3, Funny)
Why aren't we helping the fish help themselves?
Because Western Society is still too busy thinking of the children?
Re:What's the concentration? (Score:5, Funny)
Why aren't we helping the fish help themselves?
Give a fish a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a fish to fish, you have invented the shark.
Re:Send Wonder Woman instead perhaps - or aquaman? (Score:4, Funny)
It reminds me of a quote from a congressional review from the 1960s where a scientist said the output of a laser was ten to the six watts and they needed ten to the twelve watts for an application. "Wonderful" said a Senator, "We're halfway there!".
Re:In related news: Not much hope of making it sto (Score:5, Funny)
1) His father designed the Harpoon radar guidance system
2) He worked at HP repair line right next to Dell help line
3) He has immense knowledge about pH and chemistry
4) and what do we have here... He has worked on oil platforms and his solution is
i) relief wells... mmm why didnt BP think of this... not wait... they started working on two relief wells long long ago and they have been trying (or pretending to do something in the meanwhile) to temporary stop the flow till the relief wells are operational.
ii) C-4s, ahh how innovative. When the GP talked about nuking it, did you somehow think it is the radiation from the nuke that would stop the leak? The GP effectively meant blow it up (he said with nukes, and you say with C-4s). And I would leave it as excersie to the reader, whether nuking it easier or C-4s are easier at this depth. PS: before someone flames me, I am neither in favor nor in opposition to blowing it up
Re:In related news: Not much hope of making it sto (Score:4, Funny)
I can seal that bitch with half a million dollars worth of focused C-4 charges from 50 feet down to 500 feet of well-breach.
It's a trick to get us to do exactly that, triggering the fault line and bringing a volcanic island to the surface that Cobra can use as their headquarters. We're not going to fall for that ploy.
Re:OMG! (Score:4, Funny)