Growing Amounts of Dead Fish, Turtles, and Dolphins in Gulf

Dead sea turtles and other wildlife are washing up on beaches near spring break vacationers along the Gulf coast and in growing numbers. Is this related to the BP oil leak of last year? Almost certainly. These dead wildlife “. . . . are part of a growing number of dead fish, animals and birds [that] Mississippi residents have photographed washing in with the tides in recent weeks. . . . . “ The Obama administration has also issued a gag order on data over the recent spike of dead dolphins, which are at 10 times the usual rate. It’s obvious this is not being caused by normal or natural causes, and the dead wildlife are being treated as evidence in a possible criminal case against BP. But isn’t the EPA itself partially culpable for the use of the dispersants in the Gulf in 2010? The EPA allowed BP to dump billions of gallons of dispersants into our ocean waters off the Gulf coast. There was no testing at the time to see if those enormous amounts of chemicals introduced into animal habitat would have a negative impact on wildlife, and now it seems that we know the answer. How could [...]

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