NEA: Vapour from oil spill not toxic woh

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Coffeeshop Chit Chat - NEA: Vapour from oil spill not toxic woh</TD><TD id=msgunetc noWrap align=right> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=msgtable cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="96%"><TBODY><TR><TD class=msg vAlign=top><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgbfr1 width="1%"> </TD><TD><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR class=msghead vAlign=top><TD class=msgF width="1%" noWrap align=right>From: </TD><TD class=msgFname width="68%" noWrap>kojakbt_89 <NOBR></NOBR> </TD><TD class=msgDate width="30%" noWrap align=right>12:58 am </TD></TR><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgT height=20 width="1%" noWrap align=right>To: </TD><TD class=msgTname width="68%" noWrap>ALL <NOBR></NOBR></TD><TD class=msgNum noWrap align=right> (1 of 6) </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgleft rowSpan=4 width="1%"> </TD><TD class=wintiny noWrap align=right>33791.1 </TD></TR><TR><TD height=8></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgtxt>May 28, 2010

Vapour from oil 'not toxic'

Air samples show no unsafe chemicals: NEA

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Workers scooping up oil-soaked sand into garbage bags at East Coast Park yesterday. Some residents had complained of a smell coming from the oil spill. -- ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG

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IT STINKS but it will not hurt, the National Environment Agency (NEA) yesterday assured residents still catching whiffs of the noxious vapours in the air from Tuesday's oil spill.
The agency said its twice-daily samples of the air along oil-soaked stretches of the East Coast beach have not shown up any chemicals to be concerned about.
These include toluene, benzene, xylene, styrene and 1,3-butadiene, solvents or components in the manufacture of plastics or other materials.
Crude oil, such as that from Tuesday's spill, contains these compounds.
The human nose can perceive foul odours at very low levels, before they can be picked up by instrumentation and well before they reach dangerous levels, said NEA.
For example, the chemical toluene can be smelled at 0.16 parts per million, it added.
But it can be detected only at one part per million - the equivalent of one drop of water in a 50-litre tank. The safe limit for toluene is 50 times that, or 50 parts per million.
'Our nose is an extremely sensitive instrument,' said NEA director-general of environmental pollution Joseph Hui. 'It can detect these chemicals at concentrations that cannot be detected by other instruments.'
When vaporised, oil can irritate the airways and trigger asthma. Exposure to high levels of volatile chemicals can cause irritation, nausea, dizziness and other effects, said allergy expert and paediatrician Lee Bee Wah.
The chemicals can constitute an occupational hazard for people who often work with these compounds in confined spaces, such as professional house painters.
Dr Lee commented that the current spill was not in an enclosed area, so the fumes from the spill were likely to disperse quite fast.
'Also, the spill is finite - it's not like the haze which can linger for a long time. Probably, the effects on the ecosystem are worse,' she added.
So far, she said, she had not seen any patients who complained of oil-related respiratory problems.

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[makapaaa]

Yet another silly attempt to hide their being caught off guard despite being the BEST PAID govt in the world. Do you expect these FAPEE TRAITORS to tell you the truth if the nuclear reactor they propose building runs into trouble and leaks radioactive material?

 

[makapaaa]

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___________Are these workers who clean up the Bitches PROPERLY TRAINED ?[/size]
___________Where are their protective clothings ?[/size]

On Thursday, more than 40 cleaning staff from NEA and 125 workers from the Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) continued to clean up the spill. Dispersants were used to break up the oil into smaller globules, and contaminated sand was removed from the beach. -- ST PHOTO: AZIZ HUSSIN

No wonder, $inKaPOOR is going to the dogs.
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http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/05/27/gulf.oil.spill.sickness/index.html
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Gulf Coast Oil Spill


Investigation under way into sick oil workers

By the CNN Wire Staff
May 28, 2010 -- Updated 0159 GMT (0959 HKT)

Venice, Louisiana (CNN) -- ___________Seven oil spill recovery workers who were hospitalized in New Orleans after complaining of feeling ill were properly trained and had protective gear on,[/size] according to the the federal on-scene coordinator for the oil spill response effort in the Gulf of Mexico.
"The heat and humidity in Louisiana can be challenging," Coast Guard Rear Adm. Mary Landry told reporters Thursday afternoon.
She said the workers were treated for several symptoms, including headaches, nausea, vomiting and shortness of breath. Safety officials from the Coast Guard, BP and the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration had responded to the incident, Landry.
"Basically, these folks all had the proper personal protective equipment on, and they all received the required training," she said. "Fortunately, everyone is fine."
An investigation is under way "to make sure what we can do to ensure that these workers are all working in safe conditions," Landry said. "We will continue to monitor this situation very carefully so that nobody is put in harm's way as they respond to this spill," she added.
The seven workers were at West Jefferson Medical Center in suburban New Orleans, said spokeswoman Taslin Alfonzo said. Five were discharged Thursday afternoon, she said.
Based on their symptoms, the workers appeared to have come into contact with some type of irritant, Alfonzo said. However, the hospital doesn't have a toxicology department, so it couldn't identify the irritant.
About 10 workers complained of feeling ill on Wednesday, prompting officials to recall more than 100 boats from an area adjacent to the Mississippi River delta. Lisa Faust with the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals said she believes as many as five were treated at the scene.
Six of the seven were brought to the Marrero, Louisiana, hospital Wednesday night by ambulance, and the seventh was flown in. No additional patients have been admitted, Alfonzo said.
The Unified Command -- a coalition of agencies including the U.S. Coast Guard, the Department of the Interior and the National Parks Service -- said Wednesday it recalled 125 vessels from Breton Sound, which lies about 50 miles southeast of New Orleans.
The vessels were involved in cleaning up oil that has been gushing into the Gulf of Mexico since April, when an oil rig sank about 40 miles south of Louisiana, opening up a leak that has been gushing crude oil into the water.
U.S. Rep. Charlie Melancon, D-Louisiana, again called on the federal government to deploy temporary clinics to south Louisiana to screen workers and relatives possibly affected by the oil.
"As I first alerted the federal government over a week ago, our workers and residents in the oil-affected areas of south Louisiana are facing a looming health crisis," Melancon said in a written statement. "People are being exposed to hazardous oil fumes and potentially dangerous dispersants every day, and there is no health care infrastructure in place to treat them and monitor the situation."
Melancon said he will personally ask President Barack Obama to take action when Obama visits south Louisiana on Friday.



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[makapaaa]

Does this pic convince you that the FAPee TRAITORS are doing their job seriously? It seems like some grown up kid playing with a tiny water pistol!​

 

[Watchman]

Does this pic convince you that the FAPee TRAITORS are doing their job seriously? It seems like some grown up kid playing with a tiny water pistol!​

After seeing this stupid picture . It makes my blood boil .

Stupid government like it's going to make a difference
spraying some aerosol into the sea .

Just like those environment mosquito sprayer who looks around suspiciously . Stop giving them money it doesn't work .Some just sit around waiting for lorry .

It's like they conceived another bootleg company yet again
to receive money to deceive the public yet again .

 

[Watchman]

Someone go take some picture and fucking demand some answers
if the 2 ships be held accountable .

 

[halsey02]

[QUOTE Does this pic convince you that the FAPee TRAITORS are doing their job seriously? It seems like some grown up kid playing with a tiny water pistol

Just doing their job lah!..or else you say, they don't bother!..Where is Yakult?, this is his once in every 50 years occurance...MPA motinoring the ship traffic is sleeping?...for two big ships to collide..surely someone must be sleeping or everybody sleeping....:p

 

[Subok]

Who is responsible for this mamouth collision?

Isnt PSA in charge of the shipping routes? for laymen, actually once ships enter into Singapore territorial waters, they will take orders from MPA control tower. Thereafter the ships must keep to a strict regime of operations, e.g. speed, direction and where to berth offshore. At the same time our seas are seperated into invisible lanes much like our roads on land.

If these code of operations are abhere to strictly, there is no WAY two ships could collide much more for containers/Tankers which is visible from afar.

 

[tonychat]

IT STINKS but it will not hurt, the National Environment Agency (NEA) yesterday assured residents still catching whiffs of the noxious vapours in the air from Tuesday's oil spill.

After screwing sinkies for so many years, the sinkie ass is painful but the PAP tells them that, it is painful but it will not hurt.