ApocaDocs: More bad news for BP as arsenic levels rise around Gulf of Mexico

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Posted Tue Jul 6 2010: from Agence France-Press:


	More bad news for BP as arsenic levels rise around Gulf of Mexico http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1278430493 British scientists warned that the oil spill is increasing the level of arsenic in the ocean, and could further add to the devastating impact on the already sensitive environment. BP's Deepwater Horizon rig has been spilling between 3,681,500 litres and 911,454,000 litres of oil into the sea per day since it exploded on April 22. The spill is already being labeled as America's worst environmental disaster and has turned into a economic and PR nightmare for the British company. Seventy-five days into the spill, the oil has fouled some 715km of shoreline in four southeastern US states, killed wildlife and put a massive dent in the region's multi-billion-dollar fishing industry.

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'Doc Jim says:

Poor BP... How dare we blame the victim so!