TOXIC SOUP: The Mayflower Oil Spill has over 30 toxic chemicals in the air

Independent Testing shows a toxic soup of chemicals that harm the body.

"Thirty toxic hydrocarbons were measured above the detection limits. Each of the thirty hydrocarbons measured in the Mayflower release is a toxic chemical on its own and may pose a threat to human health depending on various exposure and individual factors," says Dr. Neil Carman with the Lone Star Chapter of Sierra Club and former Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. "Total toxic hydrocarbons were detected at more than 88,000 parts per billion in the ambient air and present a complex airborne mixture or soup of toxic chemicals that residents may have been exposed to from the Mayflower tar sands bitumen spill."

Read more at http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0430-hance-mayflower-air.html#vgWbAciAzGAtBppY.99 

"Even four weeks later, residents are still feeling symptoms from the chemical exposure," she says in a statement. "People have consistently talked about gastrointestinal problems, headaches, respiratory problems, skin irritation including chemical burns, and extreme fatigue."

Read more at http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0430-hance-mayflower-air.html#vgWbAciAzGAtBppY.99 

ws.mongabay.com/2013/0430-hance-mayflower-air.html