Louisiana - Chemical that caused foam in Plaquemines being investigated

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Chemical that caused foam in Plaquemines being investigated

wwltv.com
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 10:14 PM
Updated yesterday at 10:23 PM
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Reports of the chemical started coming in on June 13 from fishermen off the coast of Venice in the Breton Sound area.

Plaquemines Parish officials contacted the Coast Guard, who told them it is a mock dispersant sprayed by a company out of Mississippi.

Local fishermen told parish officials it caused itching and burning.
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Re: Louisiana - Chemical that caused foam in Plaquemines being investigated

Nungesser upset parish not told before spray drill

Posted on July 4, 2012 at 2:06 PM
Updated today at 2:07 PM

POINTE A LA HACHE, La. (AP) ? Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser is upset that the parish wasn't notified before an apparent drill for pilots who spray oil spills dispersants. And he doesn't believe that the planes used in the drill were spraying only water, as he was told.

Parish official P.J. Hahn says fishermen called him June 13, saying low-flying planes sprayed something that turned to foam on the water and made their skin itch or burn.

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[Emily]

Re: Louisiana - Chemical that caused foam in Plaquemines being investigated

If they are using water, it sounds like they better purify it before spraying it in the air again.