On April 20, 2010 an explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon, which drilled on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect killed 11 men working on the platform, injured 17 others and ruptured a wellhead which would create the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry.
On July 15, 2010 (almost three months after the initial explosion) the leak was stopped by capping the gushing wellhead, after it had released about 4,900,000 barrels (which equates to over 56,000 barrels per day) of crude oil in to the Gulf of Mexico.
On September 19, 2010 the relief well process was successfully completed, and the federal government declared the well “effectively dead”. The spill caused extensive damage to marine and wildlife habitats as well as the Gulf’s fishing and tourism industries.
The U.S. Government has named BP as the responsible party, and officials have committed to holding the company accountable for all cleanup costs and other damage. After its own internal probe, BP admitted that it made mistakes which led to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Unfortunately, this story does not end here as lack of proper monitoring by the Occupational Safety & Environmental Association (OSEA) and further corruption by BP to cover up the misuse of their toxic chemical dispersant Corexit they manufactured under its own subsidiary Nalco has caused major health issues and in many cases death within a year for thousands of workers involved with the cleanup. Plus to add even more insult to injury, BP is not paying for any of the worker’s medical expenses.
Where is the outrage? Where is the major media coverage?
Why don’t more people know about the “BP Plague”?
Fortunately, our own Hot Indie News reporter investigative reporter Yvonne Gouglelet was in Washington D.C. this week, reporting from Power Shift 2011, the largest grassroots organizational Clean Energy conference in America and has provided video coverage that the world must see.
Please watch these videos and help spread the word as people are sick and the beaches need to be shut down until a real investigation is conducted, not by “BP paid-for-scientists”. Thank you.
Video Clip #1: Cherri Foytlin, Gulf Coast resident, wife to an oil rig worker and mother of 6, who marched all the way from New Orleans to D.C., to raise awareness of the BP Oil Spill Disaster.
Video Clip #2: Andre Gaines, BP Oil Spill Worker, single father of two, has $21,000 in medical expenses, due to work related injuries.
Video Clip #3: An interview with Jennifer Rexford, a Florida resident hired to clean-up the BP Oil Spill. She and 35 of her co-workers have fallen ill due and many have died, to exposure to BP oil and the toxic dispersant BP poured to “clean-up” the spill. Jennifer has been documenting her and her fellow co-workers’ situation.
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For More Information Visit
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http://www.powershift2011.org
http://www.projectgulfimpact.org/the-road-to-washington-walk-the-walk
http://www.youtube.com/jmrexford
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