An Open Letter
To: The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Red alert on possible massive human poisoning and fisheries disaster in the Philippines and Malaysia
This is in relation to the news circulating worldwide that “an official go signal to dump 500 tons of urea into the Sulu Sea near the Philippines for a large scale “carbon sequestration” experiment without an Environmental Impact Assessment. The experimental urea dumping may happen this year (2007). According to press reports a further 1, 000-ton urea dump is planned for Malaysian waters in 2008 and the company is also considering additional ocean sites close to the United Arab Emirates, Chile and possibly Morocco.”
If the Ocean Nourishment Corporation (ONC) of Sydney (?) in collaboration with some academic institutions in the Visayas (?) would really dump urea in the seas between the Philippines and Borneo we could positively expect massive toxic phytoplankton blooms and/or fish kills in the area including the inland waters of the Philippines and Malaysia. If we had experienced thousands of human poisoning from toxic algal blooms in the Philippines in the past we should expect and prevent more from this possible disaster. Please see these news articles circulating all over the world.
http://www.etcgroup.org/en/materials/publications.html?pub_id=660
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2007/11/05/eapacific105.xml
http://www.etcgroup.org/en/materials/publications.html?pub_id=659
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/11/carbon-offset-c.html
http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2007/11/common-sense-an.html
Rhodora V. Azanza, PhD
Professor and Scientist
Harmful Algal Blooms/Red Tide Laboratory
The Marine Science Institute
UP Diliman
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November 29th, 2007 at 5:31 am
The debate is over; all we now see is propaganda articles. Political propaganda NOT science. UK court says Gore is a fraud. August 2007 Update: Man-made Catastrophic Global Warming Not True. Unfortunately, Hansen is a political hack of George Soros. Further, flawed NASA Global Warming data paid for by George Soros. In order to be an intelligent reader you must have a basic knowledge. Please do your own homework; a starting point http://www.InteliOrg.com/ Remember CONSENSUS is NEVER science it’s always a POLITICAL STATEMENT (Party Line).
November 22nd, 2007 at 1:12 am
Will the human race never learn its lesson!! Why is this group from Australia so quick to dump this stuff in Philippine waters….if they think it’s such a great idea, then why don’t they dump it in their own backyard? Because they don’t know what the hell is going to happen long-term (or short-term for that matter) when they perform this “experiment”. Granted, there is much research in science that has a positive impact on our world; but good grief, why mess with an entire ecosystem that is already under great stress! For example: there are many times we have intorduced a non-native species into an area in order to eradicate another species that has taken over and caused destruction. Well, what is the usual result? The introduced non-native species took care of the problem it was intended for alright, but this new species became an even worse menace. I rest my case. Fight for your land and seas! Think about why they want to perform this type of “experiment” in your home instead of their own. Before I give it a rest, think about this scenario: “Philippine scientists are waiting for approval from the Australian Gov’t. to dump a ton of urea all over the Great Barrier Reef with the promise that it won’t cause any damage whatsoever.” You know what they’ll say….KISS IT!!
November 14th, 2007 at 10:02 pm
Why can’t that Ocean Nourishment Corporation just dumped that urea on their country of origin? Is dumping sewerage and it’s byproducts to other country their primary business? Just like what most people in the world say, we Filipinos must take stand and say “Not in my own backyard!”