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Scientists say BP oil spill made Gulf fish sick
People have questioned the safety of Gulf seafood ever since BP flooded the water with crude oil and methane gas a year ago, then sprayed and pumped the spill with unprecedented levels of chemical dispersants. The oil disaster hit just
One year after BP oil spill, many Gulf Coast businesses on brink of collapse
One year ago today BP’s Deepwater Horizon rig was consumed by flames, its weakening frame on the verge of collapsing into the sea it fed upon. Today, that image provides a fitting metaphor for thousands of small businesses in Louisiana,
Government to study physical and psychological harm of BP oil spill
Working with teams of doctors, scientists, and public health experts, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is currently planning and developing a large-scale study of the short-term and long-term physical and psychological tolls the BP oil spill has
Catholic oil spill relief efforts running on fumes
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New Orleans has been busy providing assistance to all of the families in southern Louisiana who have been devastated by BP’s oil spill in the Gulf, but its funds have run out.
In U.S. commercial fishing, Gulf Coast shrimpers have highest death rate
In an analysis of commercial fishing deaths from 2000 to 2009, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found Gulf of Mexico shrimping to be the deadliest form of commercial fishing in the United States. Commercial fishing in general
Surgeon General returns home to Alabama to talk with oil spill victims
U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin returned home to the Gulf Coast, where physical and psychological illnesses triggered by BP’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico have been on the rise. Benjamin, a native of the Mobile area, ran a
Distraught Alabama charter boat captain commits suicide
An Alabama charter boat captain, distraught over the oil slick that is causing large-scale destruction of fish and marine wildlife along the Gulf coast, has apparently taken his own life. William Allen Kruse, 55, of Foley, Alabama, was found dead
Viewing the Gulf oil disaster through BP-colored glasses
Is it hard to see the silver lining in a toxic oil spill that is contaminating the Gulf of Mexico in an area almost as large as Alabama and Mississippi combined? Not for BP. Seeing the upside of this country’s
BP partner says it won't contribute to oil spill cleanup costs
Andarko Petroleum Corp., one of the world’s largest independent oil exploration and production companies, says that it is not going to contribute anything toward the cleanup and containment of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, despite federal law,
