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By Laura Parker - AOL News
(Oct. 7) -- Scientists describe the official response to BP's Gulf of Mexico oil disaster as a giant science experiment carried out in real time since it was the first in U.S. history involving a deep-water oil rig. Yet the preliminary assessment released this week by the Oil Spill Commission, which was appointed by President Barack Obama back in May, does not look kindly upon the makeshift efforts of government officials or the U.S. Coast Guard. In response, the Obama administration defended itself for having "significantly mitigated the impact of the spill" by using all available ...
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 ...
NOAA, FDA to Test for Corexit in Gulf Seafood After All
By David Knowles - AOL News(Aug. 13) -- In a rather sudden about-face, U.S. government officials say they will begin testing gulf seafood for the presence of dispersants used to combat the BP oil spill. The move, according to The Associated Press, is meant to assure an anxious public about the safety of consuming fish, shrimp and oysters caught in the Gulf of Mexico, where chemical dispersants such as Nalco's Corexit 9500 have been sprayed liberally throughout the cleanup effort. BP says that, to date, approximately 1.8 million gallons worth of dispersant have been used to help break down an estimated 205.8 million ...
BP Experts: Everything You Know About Oil Spill Is Wrong
By Selena Ross - AOL News(Aug. 1) -- With engineers ever closer to finally stopping the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, some experts who have been hired by BP as response consultants shared with AOL News their view from the inside and discussed what they see as several misconceptions about the oil spill and the cleanup technology. Alan A. Allen is a field supervisor with over 40 years experience in controlled burning, skimming and other types of mechanical cleanup. He has worked on numerous other oil spills, including the Ixtoc blowout off Mexico and the Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska. Alun Lewis is a ...
Health Problems Plague Gulf Spill Cleanup Crews
By Katie Drummond - Politics DailyOnly weeks after they were hired to help with the Gulf oil spill cleanup, local fishermen are complaining of health problems caused by exposure to chemical toxins. Headaches, nausea, dizziness and breathing trouble are among the ailments plaguing the crews, who say they've mostly been working without protective gear like gloves or respirators. A crew of seven workers were admitted to hospital last Wednesday because of the issues, which doctors blamed on exposure to chemical agents, as well as dehydration. Area congressman Rep. Charlie Melancon has asked BP to fund temporary medical clinics ...
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 ...
Oil Spill: White House on Defense as Management Criticism Mounts
By Alex Wagner - Politics DailyOne month after the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion, as hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil continue to flood into the Gulf of Mexico, the situation just keeps getting messier. This week, the Obama administration came under fire for its handling of what some have posited may be one of the worst environmental disasters in the modern era. In congressional testimony on Wednesday, leading scientists criticized the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for "failing to conduct adequate scientific analysis of the spill and allowing BP to obscure the spill's true scope." At ...
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