BP Gulf Oil Spill : The story that everybody has been talking about -- Disturbing Test Results

Oil Spill Health Issues, KLFY, January 27, 2011: http://www.klfy.com/Global/story.asp?... [A] new report just out has revealed some very disturbing findings. ... A blood study that was conducted on four males ages 3 to 43 and one female age 38 in December of last year. Subra says the results of those tests have revealed elevated levels of six toxic and potentially life threatening chemicals associated with crude oil, most notably Ethylbenzene which has been linked to kidney damage and cancer. ... UL Lafayette Professor Paul Klerks is an expert in the environmental toxicology and he says the high levels of ethyl benzene found in human patients is alarming but he doesn't believe its reason to panic just yet. "This is potentially cause for concern, but it's a very small sample size of five so it's really hard to tell with just a small sample size what it means as whole." ... [Their] problems included everything from trouble breathing, and bleeding from the ears, to swelling of the limbs and blood in the stool. Some of the more unusual cases include a commercial diver who is plagued by mysterious rash and the three year son of a fisherman who is suffering from kidney stones.

BP Plugs Well That Caused Biggest U.S. Oil Spill

Sept. 20 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. officials said BP Plc killed its Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico after creating another cement seal, plugging the source of the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history. "The Macondo 252 well is effectively dead," said National Incident Commander Thad Allen in a statement yesterday. BP completed its last pressure test on the plugs at 5:54 a.m. local time before declaring the well sealed, according to the statement. Susan Li reports on Bloomberg Television's "First Up."

Oil Spill Reaches Florida Coast

June 14, 2010 — FBN's Adam Shapiro on BPs efforts to contain the oil spill.

Oil Removal - It is As Simple As Hay

Oil removal technique as demonstrated by Otis Goodson to northw

How Bad Can the Oil Spill Get - Raw Video

June 03, 2010 — AssociatedPress — NOAA has released animation depicting how wide the oil spill may spread if the loop current in the Gulf of Mexico is in a typical configuration. It suggests the oil may spread up the Eastern Coast and well into the North Atlantic.

BP Bring in Robots in Latest Attempt to Curb Oil Spill

May 31 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Mark Barton and Lizzie O'Leary report on BP Plc's efforts to stem the largest oil spill in U.S. history. BP will use undersea robots to begin cutting damaged pipe from its leaking oil well off Louisiana as early as today, risking temporarily increasing the flow.