BP’s spill does pose threats to human health and seafood safety, according to a new study published by the peer-reviewed scientific Journal of the American Medical Association.
The report comes days after President Obama swam in the Gulf at Panama City Beach and made of point of eating seafood for the cameras.
“Beaches all along the Gulf [...]

One of the ongoing tragedies of the Exxon Valdez oil spill is that thousands of people who worked on the cleanup are sick, have gotten sick, and continue to die from inhaling the lethal cocktail of oil and dispersant.
The tragedy is that, like the oil spill itself, the illnesses and deaths were preventable.
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Whilst the media have been focussing on the untested nature of the 4 story dome or “cofferdam” that is going to be lowered over BP’s spill at the sea bed, its use of dispersant is also coming under scrutiny.
Alarmingly, according to the dispersant manufacturer, no toxicity tests have been conducted on this product.
The New York [...]

In these days of climate change it is all too easy to forget about the other pollution that belches from the chimney stacks of our power stations or pours from its pipes into our rivers.
So good on the New York Times for running a series called “Toxic Waters” that looks at the worsening pollution of [...]