No end in sight for oil in the Gulf of Mexico

[cory777]

Source: Al Jazeera

Fifteen months after BP's crippled Macondo Well in the Gulf of Mexico caused one of the worst environmental disasters in US history, oil and oil sheen covering several square kilometers of water are surfacing not far from BP's well.

Al Jazeera flew to the area on Sunday, September 11, and spotted a swath of silvery oil sheen, approximately 7 km long and 10 to 50 meters wide, at a location roughly 19 km northeast of the now-capped Macondo 252 well.

According to oil trackers with the organisation On Wings of Care, who have been monitoring the new oil since early August, rainbow-tinted slicks and thicker globs of oil have been consistently visible in the area.

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Fishermen and residents of the four states most heavily affected by BP's disaster continue to struggle to regain a sense of normalcy in their lives. Many continue to experience health problems they attribute to chemicals in BP's oil and the toxic dispersants used to sink it.

Read more: http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/09/2011912175412109550.html#.Tm_P00qZsOk.reddit

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[KaryninMiami]

1. Oh that Lil old oil thing? That's so - two years ago.

Thank goodness there are still some actual investigative journalists out there - our media is far more obsessed with Sarah Palin. Besides, how can there be an oil problem if it's ok to eat the shellfish- our Governor even said so.

I'm in Florida and we haven't seen a story in the Miami Herald mention the oil in the gulf for as long as I can remember.

Seriously- do most people simply believe that all is fine now? I wonder.

[RKP5637]

3. They've made swiss cheese of the Gulf bed, somethings gotta leak here and there. What a

mess humans's are making / have made of this planet in soooo many ways. Oh, but all is well, problem solved. Go eat your shellfish and move along, be happy.

[pepito]

2. thank you

the whosale destruction of our natural habitat continues to keep our military greased and oiled
sickening:puke:

[xchrom]

4. People should think harder about collusion between government & business. Nt

[Fearless]

5. The President will call for BP to pay for it right...

:eyes:

[tblue]

6. Sigh....

4 more years! 4 more years! 4 more years!

The best we can hope for is a chance for real leadership in 2016. Is that right? I feel like crying. Every day.