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Reports Sharply Contradict Claims About Vanished Oil
By Dana Chivvis - AOL News(Aug. 17) -- Two new reports from different groups of academic scientists are providing a counterweight to the government's rosy assertions that the Gulf of Mexico oil spill crisis is drawing to a close. One says that as much as 79 percent of the oil is still loose in the gulf; the other expresses the fear that oil on the ocean floor may not stay there but could resurface at a later time. Researchers at the University of Georgia announced Monday that between 70 and 79 percent of the oil and its toxic byproducts are still present under the surface of the gulf. That finding stands in stark ...
Corexit: 5 Questions About Chemical Dispersant Answered
By Dana Chivvis - AOL News(Aug. 13) -- BP's runaway well is close to being officially killed for good, but that doesn't mean the problem it created will be solved. The nation's worst oil spill will continue to cause issues for a long time to come. One of those issues might stem from the inordinate amount of chemical dispersant, called Corexit, that was pumped into the Gulf of Mexico at the start of the disaster. Today, the FDA and NOAA announced they would begin testing the gulf seafood supply for dispersants after concerns about their safety raised by residents, scientists and environmentalists. Just what is ...
Opinion: Gulf Oil Spill's Silent Victims -- The Children
By not in system - AOL News(June 28) -- The BP oil spill has garnered international attention for unimaginable real and future losses: lives as well as livelihoods, wildlife and coastal communities. We've learned from the Exxon Valdez and other spills how these catastrophes impact ecosystems, and witnessed the years of rehabilitation and billions of dollars invested in the cleanup. Yet in weighing these losses, little attention is being given to what this latest man-made disaster will mean to the most vulnerable of our society: our children. Still evaluating the health effects caused by Hurricane Katrina, we are now ...
Oil Spill Update: Is the Cap Working Too Well?
By Dana Chivvis - Politics DailyThe oil containment cap that BP installed on Friday may be working too well. The cap is already diverting between 10,000 and 15,000 barrels of oil to the Discoverer Enterprise, a ship floating above the oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, but the boat can only handle 15,000 barrels a day. BP had planned to close four valves on the cap over the weekend, but decided to leave some of them open when they realized they could not handle the amount of oil that would be contained with the valves closed. The Enterprise has a maximum capacity of 139,000 barrels. This morning, U.S. Coast Guard Admiral ...
Dispersants Have Some Gulf Fish Eating Oil
By Dave Thier - AOL News(June 3) -- BP's widespread use of chemical dispersants like Corexit 9500 to combat the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has already come under wide criticism, both for the chemical's toxicity and how -- while limiting the amount of oil that washes up on beaches -- it's merely disseminating it throughout the gulf ecosystem. Now comes a new cause for concern: As dispersants spread throughout the water column, the oil droplets they're creating are being mistaken as food by fish. Susan Shaw, director of the Marine Environmental Research Institute, donned a wetsuit to explore the spill for a ...
Jacques Cousteau's Grandson Takes 'Nightmare' Dive Into Oil Spill
By Carl Franzen - Politics Daily(May 27) -- The Gulf oil spill's toll on the environment remains difficult to quantify at this time, but a new video of a journey into the dark heart of the spill taken by Philippe Cousteau Jr., grandson of legendary undersea explorer Jacques Cousteau, reveals a "nightmarish" scene. Cousteau was investigating whether Corexit, the environmentally-tenuous chemical dispersant that BP has been spraying into the Atlantic since the spill began is "breaking down the oil or if the byproduct they are forming is causing more damage to sea life." ABC Good Morning America reporter Sam Champion, who ...
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