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GSS Energy Use chapter 3. Excerpt: ...Embryos of tuna and amberjack
that were exposed to crude oil collected from the Deepwater Horizon
spill developed heart and other deformities that would probably kill
some of the developing fish and shorten the lives of others, a new study
by a team of marine scientists reported on Monday. Their findings,
published in the peer-reviewed Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences, will figure in the final assessment of damages for the
disaster that will be borne by BP, which operated the oil platform in
the Gulf of Mexico when the disaster occurred. An explosion and fire
nearly four years ago spewed roughly 4.1 million barrels of oil into the
gulf; another 800,000 barrels were contained before it could escape
into the water. Remnants of the spill continue to wash up.... http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/25/us/fish-embryos-exposed-to-oil-from-bp-spill-develop-deformities-a-study-finds.html. Michael Wines, The New York Times. |
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