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Gulf Doctors Advised to Learn to Treat Oil-Related Illnesses

Photo via News One Less dramatic than the fiery explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig and the multiple month-spanning underwater oil geyser that followed it are many of the BP Gulf spill’s side effects. And oil-related sicknesses are undoubtedly among the thorniest — many fishermen-turned cleanup workers have already been afflicted by close contact with oil and the chemical dispersents used to combat it. But there will probably be many … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Gulf Doctors Advised to Learn to Treat Oil-Related Illnesses

BP Denies Existence of Giant Underwater Oil Plumes

Image: NASA , public domain. It already has been a few weeks since scientists have detected large underwater oil plumes in the Gulf of Mexico, but BP is still denying that they even exist. Maybe they’re saying that in good faith and truly haven’t found them, but let’s also remember that they have an incentive to downplay the scale of the spill because the fine they will have to pay will be based on how many b… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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