it wasn't until early August, two weeks after the well was capped, that the public was officially clued in that BP's blowout had--by the end of June--become the largest accidental offshore oil spill in history; totaling almost 16 times the Exxon Valdez. Steiner said once the oil is in the water, the damage is done. "You just can't fix most of the damage caused in marine oil spills. You just can't do it." |
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.