What will be the legacy left behind by the BP Oil Deepwater Horizon Ecocide catastrophe

Author: Distil Ennui | Post Date: 02-08-2010

Something that seems to have slipped under the radar is the legacy that has entered the food chain following the BP oil disaster. We are experimenting with a new series to bring about discussion for future best practice in the oil industry. Fish stocks globally are at ever dwindling levels with ingested toxins on a vast scale entering the food chain and the rise of plastic pollution has entered every species all the way to the top predators shark and tuna; with plastic ingestion on a piece basis as well as micro-plastics from their preys diet.
What will be the legacy left behind by the BP Oil Deepwater Horizon Ecocide catastrophe
A new study finds that fish caught in a river, beach or lake will now contain far more Polyfluorinated Substances (PFAS). The most common type of forever chemicals is Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA). A popular PFAS is Teflon which is coated on utensils to make them non-sticky all of which are becoming a new poisoning life legacy we must all be aware of.

Before in the science community it was generally considered that people who eat packaged seafood are consuming more PFAS than those who hunt and eat aquatic animals directly from water bodies. However, this is no longer the case and that is a very scary fact of modern society.

A new shocking study from the Environmental Working Group (EWG) suggests that whether you drink PFOS-infused water for one month straight or eat just one freshwater fish a year, your body will have the same amount of forever chemicals. These findings indicate that forever chemicals have penetrated so deep into our environment that now freshwater animals have higher amounts of PFOS in their bodies than even packaged food items.
What will be the legacy left behind by the BP Oil Deepwater Horizon Ecocide catastrophe
EWG is a non-profit environmental research and advocacy organization that has been actively conducting PFAS-related studies. During one of their research works, the scientists at EWG examined 500 fish samples that were taken from different freshwater bodies in the US; revealing that freshwater fish is loaded with PFAS.

Their study revealed that the average concentration of forever chemicals in fish filets stood at 9,500 nanograms per kilogram of the samples. In Great Lakes, the average concentration was even higher — 11,800 nanograms per kg. This clearly indicates that Great Lakes in urban areas are heavily polluted with PFAS. Similar studies have been carried out across Europe, asia and Africa; all with the same worrying data analysis.

Data Sources - https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/976367? & https://www.ewg.org/interactive-maps/pfas_in_US_fish/map/

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