FDA Now Saying BP's (NYSE:BP) Corexit Use Safe

The FDA has raised such a public outcry to BP's (NYSE:BP) use of the chemical Corexit. Now they've changed their tune saying there's very little contamination from the massive use of the dispersant. Something seems a little "fishy" here.

The FDA says that they have determined that Corexit has a low potential for bioconcentration in seafood species. "Although seafood is exposed to the dispersant, the inherent properties of the dispersants minimize the possibility of their being present in food. There is no information at this time to indicate that they pose a public health threat from exposure through the consumption of seafood," said Ed Markey who sits on the House Energy and Environment subcommittee.

The United States Food and Drug administration is also jumping on board saying the dispersants should not show up in seafood and effect humans. It seems hard to believe that with close to 2 million gallons of the toxic dispersant Corexit deposited into our oceans, that everybody is now taking a passive stance on the issue.

MMS Steps Down, BP (NYSE:BP) Oil Spill Worst In History

It is official, BP (NYSE:BP) is the worst oil spill in U.S. History, this is by the governments task force findings of new estimates of the oil flow. The estimation by the task force is three times more than what was being estimated.

This estimation was given by the scientific team of President Obama who were given the job to determine the accurate amount of oil flowing from the Gulf oil spill. Their original estimate was between 12,000 and 19,000 barrels being lost of oil daily. This is much higher than what the U.S. Coast Guard and BP kept insisting on, 5,000 gallons a day being lost.

The new estimate is no comparison to what was originally estimated. The new oil spill estimate is up to 798,000 gallons daily.

The most conservative estimate, since the April 20th fuel oil spill disaster would be a total of close to 17 million gallons deposited into the ocean. The high end of the estimate, would equal to a total of 29.5 million gallons.

This surpasses the Exxon Valdez Disaster which spilled a total of 11 million gallons of oil.