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BP Oil Spill: "We now have killed the Gulf of Mexico"

How bad is the BP oil spill?  Is the well really capped?  Even if the well is capped, so what?  Unfortunately, we do not know, because we cannot know.  One EPA official claims:Corexit is one of a number of dispersants, that are toxic, that are used to atomize the oil and force it down the water column so that it?s invisible to the eye. In this case, these dispersants were used in massive quantities, almost two million gallons so far, to hide the magnitude of the spill and save BP money. And the government?both EPA, NOAA, etc.?have been sock puppets for BP in this cover-up. Now, by hiding the amount of spill, BP is saving hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars in fines, and so, from day one, there was tremendous economic incentive to use these dispersants to hide the magnitude of the gusher that?s been going on for almost three months...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on July 21, 2010 (boomark / email).