Lisa Nelson of Orange Beach, Alabama is one of a growing number of people sick and dying as a result of the BP Gulf oil disaster. Local physicians have no idea how to diagnose or treat patients who have been exposed to highly toxic crude/dispersant combination, according to Jerry Cope, who has written about the problem for the Huffington Post blog. Local, state and federal agencies continue to cover-up the problem for economic reasons and offer “zero assistance,” Cope says.
David Underhill of the Mobile Alabama Sierra Club protests BP
People in communities along the Gulf Coast will gather for a protest on the six month anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion that tragically killed 11 and led to the worst oil spill and environmental disaster in U.S. history.
Approximately 200 million gallons of oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico between April 20 and July 15, when the well was temporarily capped. The resulting spill coated more than 600 miles of coastline, hundreds of square miles of marsh and killed thousands of birds, sea turtles and other wildlife.
The disaster is not over. Gulf communities continue to suffer and residents are calling on Congress to take action.
Fishermen, community leaders, environmental leaders and citizens whose lives continue to be impacted by the BP oil disaster will stage protests along the Gulf.
Like a number of businesses along the Gulf Coast, long-time favorite haunt Captain’s Galley on the Bon Secour River, famous for its Bon Secour oysters, scrumptious burgers and pizza, is closed down due to the crippled economy and the health threat from the BP oil and chemical disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
Join Tim Male, Defenders Vice President of Conservation Policy, visits the Gulf coast a month after the gushing BP Deepwater Horizon well was capped. On this trip, Tim shows how the disaster continues to wreak havoc on the beaches of Louisiana.
This is some raw video footage taken from a Project Gulf Impact boat trip August 24th.
“Within minutes of departing in Perdido Bay, Florida, we came across massive amounts of oil that had been obviously freshly sprayed with Corexit,” the group says. “The problem was, the dispersed oil wasn’t just in one place, but it was everywhere we went between there and Dauphin Island, Alabama. This is one of the worst we have ever seen it, with the dispersant still in powder form in some cases. This is happening in massive quantities across the Gulf of Mexico every day.”
Corexit 9500 and 9527A (the oil dispersant) are some of the most poisonous substances on Earth. They are greatly impacting our Gulf, and the animals and HUMANS who reside in it.
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