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(3) Protecting public health
Residents report alarming numbers and types of illnesses. Clearly they're toxic oil and dispersants related. Organizations like the Louisiana Environmental Action Network try to help. It's not enough. Much more is needed.
Overall, recovery is an unfulfilled dream. Achieving it's barely begun. BP turns a blind eye. Washington largely does the same. The suffering of millions persists.
The Government Accountability Project (GAP) "promote(s) government accountability....protect(s) whistleblowers, advanc(es) free speech, and empower(s) citizen activists."
Since 1977, it's been "the nation's leading whistleblower protection and advocacy organization." It's also on the BP story. It's been investigating it since last summer. Whistleblowers report disastrous health tragedies.
Sometime this summer, GAP will release its report on how bad. Numerous ailments are known. Many thousands experience everything from skin irritation, vomiting, and rectal bleeding to kidney, liver, central nervous system and brain damage, hypertension, miscarriages, birth defects, and lesions.
Expect an eventual epidemic of cancers and other serious diseases. Expect pathetically little federal or BP help. The oil giant's settlement provides no healthcare. Accepting it means foregoing the right to sue.
Pursuing legal redress means years of delays, obstruction, appeals, and other ways clever lawyers use to deny just compensation.
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