By Dr. Mark Sircus
'With each passing day, the medical leadership in the United States look more like bumbling circus clowns. The key point is that our medical leaders are failing us so spectacularly in the Gulf of Mexico that they could hardly do a worse job. As we head into the depths of the most challenging medical and environmental disaster of modern times the folks driving the bus have proven their worth to be less than zero so they might as well be defrocked and have their licenses to practice medicine taken away.
Almost three months after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico, the health impact of the disaster continues to spread across coastal communities and beyond. Even if they have been able to staunch the flow of oil permanently, based on the experience of Alaskan communities after the Exxon Valdez disaster, the health devastation is sure to be felt for decades. Many of the chemicals in crude oil and the dispersants target the same organs in the human body, and this increases the risk – and may increase the severity – of harm. In addition, the dispersants currently used can increase the uptake (dose) of crude oil chemicals and movement of chemicals into critical organs.'
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