'We went to the same place and saw a lot of oil,' expert says of one area
NEW ORLEANS — Federal scientists said Friday extensive sampling of the Gulf of Mexico seafloor found oil in quantities too small to collect and in concentrations below harmful levels, except in the area surrounding the BP well.
The Coast Guard's report contrasts independent scientists who say oil from the BP spill extensively damaged the seafloor and killed coral, sea fans and many bottom-dwelling animals like tubeworms.
"We are not finding any recoverable amounts of oil" on the seafloor, Rear Adm. Paul Zukunft said. "We are dealing with barely detectable amounts of oil in the parts per billion in many places."
He said the tiny amounts of oil fall well under pollution limits, except for the area within 1 1/2 miles of the BP well, where oil is bound with drilling mud pumped into the BP well to cap it, Zukunft said.
The BP well, located about 50 miles offshore from Louisiana, was plugged in September, but not before more than 170 million gallons of oil leaked into the Gulf.
Still, government scientists said Friday's report was a guide for the Coast Guard and cleanup crews, not an assessment of the spill's damage to the ecosystem.
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5 comments:
another Obama cover up.
And the left cry and complain over FOX news while all other news channels cover for Obama.
itd pure and simple these so called scientist rely on the government for grants to do there studies. if there was nothing to search for there would be no grants and they would have to find something else to suck us all dry
yeah the lies go on and on! as much as I don't care for assange, he is doing a service. where's the outrage on what our government is doing over seas these days. then you wonder why the rest of the world hates americans!
so which is it??
was the spill overstated by the parasite liberal heretics in a slow news cycle?
or has Mother Nature cleaned up the mess herself without interference from Mankind?...I think its both
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