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The overall scope of unmet human, environmental, and community need is scandalous and largely unreported.
NAACP's Climate Change Initiative director Jacqueline Patterson said:
"....(T)he ocean floor is severely damaged and many underwater habitats are struggling to recover. The same can be said for Gulf Coast residents. News reports that have focused on the 'Spillionaires' - those who have cashed in big on the BP payouts - fail to look below the surface and see (the great majority of) unhealed mental and physical wounds left by the disaster."
Overall, NAACP's report highlighted appalling levels of:
-- financial devastation;
-- unsafe seafood;
-- increasing physical and emotional health issues;
-- distressed communities and families;
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