It has been one year since the deepwater Horizon oil rig, owned by British Petroleum, exploded and began pumping oil into the Gulf of Mexico. And contrary to the propaganda it has in no way been cleaned up. The people in the Gulf States are still suffering not only from the effects of the tar that continues to wash ashore, but also from the dispersants that were sprayed in the ocean in spite of the fact that the EPA said they were deadly chemicals and should not be used.
BP is currently in the process of trying to deny claims for damage from all 50 states as this disaster did in fact affect our whole country. And in the long term it has yet to be seen exactly what the totality of the negative effects will be.
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