BP Oil Spill Linked To Sick Dolphins In Report [View all]
Source: LBC FM
BP Oil Spill Linked To Sick Dolphins In Report
Saturday, 1st February 2014 16:55
Bottlenose dolphins suffering from a catalogue of serious health problems were found swimming in the Gulf of Mexico a year after the BP oil disaster, according to scientists.
Researchers said they had never seen such a high prevalence of sick animals, with conditions ranging from missing teeth and lung disease through to pneumonia and abnormal hormone levels.
The findings were reported in the first major study of dolphin health undertaken in the wake of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion that killed 11 workers and led to the nation's worst offshore oil spill.
Millions of gallons of oil spewed into the Gulf of Mexico while BP scrambled for weeks to seal the well.
Half of the 32 dolphins studied off the coast of Louisiana in August 2011 were found to be seriously ill or in danger of dying.
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