DEC
monitors spent some time on beaches sprayed with Inipol EAP 22, mostly
after the fact, although you could smell it so there was some volatilization, one
worker's symptoms are directly related to the Di 19 Corexit test in July of
'89. the Di 19 test was only monitored for benzene? Denny Kelso
was on a beach then. Also end of the summer on a beach just
sprayed with Inipol EAP 22.
It
was thought that most
of the benzene was gone from the weathered oil in the beaches and it
was monitored for on the tests. The real threat wasn't known,
considered, or even determined until much later. These were the side chain
PAH's such as phynanthrene (sp). This came to light from the work done for
the 10th anniversary symposium. IE: sublethal chronic effects, more
acute under the right circumstances in greater doses like the one test.
Corexit
9580: Tested on both Disk & Smith Islands. First on the
"postage stamp" test on Knight Island along with BP
1100x & a
couple others. Corexit itself probably wasn't too toxic it was the
toxic oil it would release that was the problem. (Mistake to think
that! Probably because this worker didn't know what 2-butoxyethanol
does.)