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How harmful was the BP spill, really? [1]

In April 2010, an explosion aboard the BP drill rig Deepwater Horizon killed 11 workers and caused the worst oil spill ever in American waters. Initially, government officials and BP officers denied the situation was serious. As details of the spill volume, and of damage to Gulf of Mexico fisheries, became known, panic set in.

Publication Date: 
25/04/2011
Gregg Easterbrook [2]
Business Standard (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
British Petroleum (BP) [4], Oil Pollution [5], Hazardous Waste [6], Gulf Of Mexico [7], Marine Ecosystems [8], Fisheries [9], United States Of America (US) [10]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/gregg-easterbrook
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/business-standard-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/british-petroleum-bp
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/oil-pollution
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/hazardous-waste
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gulf-mexico
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/marine-ecosystems
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fisheries
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-states-america-us