Notes on Who Was Involved in the Iraqi oil Spill cleanup
... in Water ... on Beaches
http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/oilaids/spilldb.pdf
Arabian Gulf/Kuwait-Persian Gulf of 1-19-91 spill is listed by NOAA as 9,000,000 barrels Page 30
compared to the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill * 3-24-89 of 204,500 barrels Pages 80-86
Note, in the reports the Government Doesn't Seem to Have information on the Chemicals Soldiers were exposed to who came across the 'bioremediation' chemicals of the oil spill cleanup. Many soldiers could be affected besides those who actually worked with the chemicals... based on how carelessly chemicals strong in 2-butoxyethanol were used in the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill cleanup * Since the health effects of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill cleanup were sealed and not known even to the workers themselves *
So what went wrong during the use of chemicals during the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill cleanup will go wrong in the Persian Gulf in 1991... maybe 2003, too! Exxon is still wanting more dispersant use approved that is even stronger in 2-butoxyethanol... and NO, they don't seem to provide the respirators or other personal protective equipment needed * In the Persian Gulf it is clear that companies were eager to try their version of field testing and lab testing simultaneously of oil spill 'technology' What happened to the workers, per their reports, is being looked for.
US... Looks like you may have provided free labor for Private Industry
& didn't even know what was happening to your military men and women!?
and worse... you've been blamed for causing them harm, or Iraq
& it looks like... your own free enterprise system.
Let's check this out.
In the meantime, don't Execute Jones! *
(Check their blood for hemolytic anemia *
& find out what chemical 'experiments' were going on!)
For Oil overexposure to benzene, check for aplastic anemia *
Don't do this again to our men and women in uniform!
Did the workers have chemical retardant gloves & respirators?
Recommended by the Coast Guard: “Workers will become nauseated by gases from the oil if they’re not wearing respirators" (& Don't forget the chemicals of oil cleanup)
Try to beat the heat! By June it may be 130°F (54°C)
National
Geographic
.."Yet no precedent existed for the enormous slick that crept from Kuwait."
Cleanup plan began in earnest about May, 1991
- Much larger spill than Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
Hospital staff, marines, Royal Highlands Fusilier were among first volunteers. (March & on)
Meteorological and Environmental Protection Administration (MEPA) hired Crowley Maritime Corporation, a major U.S. spill-response firm to be involved in cleanup as principal contractor who assigned sub contractors for beach cleanup
In 1989, Crowley tugs were first on the scene of the crippled tanker,
Exxon Valdez, in Prince William Sound, Alaska.
The oil spill was the largest in U.S. history,
and Crowley was a prime supplier of marine equipment and personnel for its cleanup.
During the 1990 Persian Gulf Crisis, Crowley chartered three Ro/Ro vessels and a tug and water barge to the U.S. Military Sealift Command in support of the United Nations’ various military transportation and supply services.
In March 1991, Crowley Maritime Corporation
was awarded a contract from the Saudi Arabian Government
as a prime contractor in the first phase of an environmental cleanup
of 450 km. of oil-polluted shores in the Persian Gulf.
Says,
a Crowley Rep: "We hired a number of subcontractors including several
from Alaska, the U.K.
and other countries. We did not write an official report. I was aware of
some controlled microbial testing that was done on some of the Saudi beaches
but did not follow this to find out what the long term results were."
...continuing..." Martech, Inc. based in Kenai was a major subcontractor. I don't believe they're in business any longer. Most of the recovery activity involved construction of sand levees or jetties to create collection sites for recovery of free-floating oil. We actually did limited remediation work on oil stranded on beaches or trapped within the intertidal zone. Most of that work was done on an "experimental" basis under the direction of scientists working in conjunction with King Faud University. Please let me know if you have other questions or if I can direct you elsewhere for information."
Others involved:
Lt.
Comdr. Kenneth Keane of the US Coast Guard 
2 radar-surveillance aircraft specially equipped to monitor slicks
NOAA sent a spill-trajectory analyst
Fish and Wildlife Service designated a spill-response biologist
....had worked with Alaska’s Exxon Valdez spill.
Alpha 30 Environmental of Austin:
with new version of oil-eating microbes and a special biocatalyst
Alpha Vice President - Franz Hiebert
Research Institute of King Fahd University helped with experiments
"Bird rehabilitation center at Al Jubayl
and staffed by Saudi volunteers and Coalition armed forces personnel.
Cleanup effectiveness and ecological impact research was conducted in salt marshes by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and Crowley Maritime Corporation (CMC).
Testing of various bioremediation agents and sampling programs for the benthic, pelagic and planktonic communities of habitats such as mangroves, mudflats, sand beaches, seagrass beds, and coral reefs were initiated by the Research Institute of King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM/RI)." p 30
Health Issues regarding Burning Oil wells: http://www.ngwrc.org/Archives/Misc/ThuSep231033331999.asp
www.valdezlink.com/contact.htm
'America'
& others
Date Web page begins: March 14, 2003