On Sunday there was a sheen in the waters as far east as Miramar Beach (Walton County) and multiple reports of health concerns, coughing up blood, shortness of breath, skin and eye irritations due to people entering the water. The Suncoast Chapter (St. Pete/Sarasota) and other Florida chapters may also initiate testing if the surface and underwater plumes sync with the loop current and make their way east and south.
As you might imagine due to the severity of this spill, this testing may be needed over an extended period of time. The cost for testing dispersants is about $350/per test and samples have to be shipped to a lab in Washington state. Oil testing is about $80/per sample. Surfrider's Emerald Coast chapter is directly impacted by the spill and could use help in getting the word out and/or by making a donation to this campaign.
To find out more go to www.SurfriderEmeraldCoast.org and if you wish to contribute you can click on the "Donate" button.
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The company should offer pre-consultation meetings with land owners to explain how the sampling is completed, explanation of drinking and groundwater analysis reporting and water collecting sampling that property owners need to be informed of before and after the testing process.
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