BP oil spill - Page 6

On June 04 2010 04:59 Misrah wrote:
Nothing is ever fact, and nothing is ever capital T true. Its always a matter of how you look at it. That source was a joke and you know it travis. I call it into question, because you cannot believe everything you see or hear, especially on the internet.

I say 'So what' because i mean exactly that- so what! how does this stop the oil, how does this change what BP is doing? How does this make the environmental disaster any less terrible. How does this change anything??

If you post your opinions, especially political ones- coupled with that your heated resolve, of course this is going to delve into discussions about your opinion. Because in my opinion, your opinion is incorrect. I am having an intelligent conversation with you becuase i want to show you that your opinion is wrong, and mine is right. That is why anyone argues...

On June 05 2010 15:16 Misrah wrote:
all the pretty reefs i used to swim on- are now destroyed

I really just want to cry

Dr. Soto is finding disconcertingly consistent and high levels of toxic chemicals in every one of the patients he is testing.

"I'm regularly finding between five and seven VOCs in my patients," Dr. Soto told Al Jazeera. "These patients include people not directly involved in the oil clean-up, as well as residents that do not live right on the coast. These are clearly related to the oil disaster."

Many of the chemicals present in the oil and dispersants are known to cause headaches, nausea, vomiting, kidney damage, altered renal functions, irritation of the digestive tract, lung damage, burning pain in the nose and throat, coughing, pulmonary edema, cancer, lack of muscle coordination, dizziness, confusion, irritation of the skin, eyes, nose, and throat, difficulty breathing, delayed reaction time, memory difficulties, stomach discomfort, liver and kidney damage, unconsciousness, tiredness/lethargy, irritation of the upper respiratory tract, and hematological disorders.

While there are many examples of acute exposures like Pearcey and Dr. Soto's patient who developed cancer, his concern is that most residents who are being exposed will only show symptoms later.

State health departments in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama had issued swimming advisories while BP's well continued to gush oil into the Gulf of Mexico last summer. Since then, however, all three states have declared their beaches, waters, and seafood safe from oil disaster related toxins.

Florida never issued any advisories, despite many residents reporting illnesses they attribute to the oil disaster.

US federal government agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency, Food and Drug Administration, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, along with President Barack Obama himself, have declared the Gulf of Mexico, its waters, beaches, and seafood, safe and open to the public.

WASHINGTON – Oil from the BP spill remains stuck on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, according to a top scientist's video and slides that she says demonstrate the oil isn't degrading as hoped and has decimated life on parts of the sea floor.

That report is at odds with a recent report by the BP spill compensation czar that said nearly all will be well by 2012.

At a science conference in Washington Saturday, marine scientist Samantha Joye of the University of Georgia aired early results of her December submarine dives around the BP spill site. She went to places she had visited in the summer and expected the oil and residue from oil-munching microbes would be gone by then. It wasn't.

The US Coast Guard is currently investigating reports of a potentially massive oil sheen 20 miles north of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion from last April.
According to Paul Barnard, operations controller for the USCG in Louisiana, a helicopter crew has been dispatched to the site of the Matterhorn SeaStar oil rig, owned by W&T Offshore, Inc.

Multiple reports have come in of a sheen nearly 100 miles long and 12 miles wide originating near the site.

Independent pilots, including John Wathen of the Waterkeeper Alliance, and Bonnie Schumaker with Wings of Care, are currently flying out to investigate the spill. Schumaker reports having seen the sheen on Friday, March 18, and confirms that it is rapidly expanding.

On March 21 2011 06:02 Aruni wrote:
Wow, that's terrible.
BP really doesn't seem to care about the enviroment

On February 20 2011 14:36 semantics wrote:
well i suppose it's not lying it's more like being incompetent i mean i don't know the science but from what i heard from scientist is that it would likely break up in that climate but ionno if that was just all bp's payroll or not. But right not as i do not live in the area i sorta of have just a malaise about the whole subject.

BP Plc has pleaded guilty to criminal charges relating to its 2010 oil spill and agreed to pay an extra $4.5bn on top of the tens of billions it is already paying out.

The British oil company said on Thursday that it would plead guilty to 11 felony counts of misconduct or neglect relating to the death of 11 workers, one misdemeanour count under the Clean Water Act, one misdemeanour count under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, and one felony count of obstruction of congress.

BP will also pay $525m to settle securities claims with US regulators. In aggregate BP said it will pay the
$4.5bn over six years for the various resolutions.

"There can be no question that this historic announcement represents a critical step forward, and really uderscores the justice department's determination to stand with the Gulf Coast communities," Eric Holder, US attorney general, said in New Orleans.

BP will have to retain a monitor for four years, charged with overseeing safety and ris management, as well an an independent auditor to ensure compliance with the terms of the agreement, he said.

The company said that it is "prepared to vigorously defend itself against remaining civil claims".

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/11/201211151556362973.html