The first real, quantitative, data has proven that giant Oil Plumes exist, and will for some time, in the depths of the Gulf of Mexico. One plume specifically studied in the article below is...
After receiving and reviewing hundreds of reports of salmonella cases over the past weeks, the Centers for Disease Control has announced with the Food and Drug Administration a recall of more than 380 Million...
Today, the Multi-District Litigation Panel in Boise, Idaho announced that the Oil Spill Litigation will be tried in New Orleans, Louisiana and presided over by Judge Carl J. Barbier.
With more than 12 years on...
Workers from both Transocean and BP testified in a New Orleans hearing before the U.S. Coast Guard and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement concerning the Deepwater Horizon's failed safety systems.
From the...
Over the past several weeks, BP has deliberately put claims aside that don't specifically fall under the protection of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. Though BP has promised to pay all "legitimate" claims,...
WAVELAND, MS (WLOX) - State officials have closed the beach and parts of Beach Boulevard in Waveland due to huge amounts of tar balls washing up on the shore and on the road.
The Mississippi...
By GEOFF PENDER - glpender@sunherald.com
Wednesday, Jul. 07, 2010
LONG BEACH — Cleanup crews were working Wednesday to clean up fairly large pieces of tar washing ashore in Long Beach and eastern Pass Christian.
“There is oil...
by Michelle Greenhalgh
Food Safety News
July 1, 2010
URL: http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2010/07/will-oil-eating-bacteria-plague-the-gulf/
As though the Gulf Coast states don't have enough to worry about with crude oil spewing into the water at an estimated rate of 5,000...