The Big Lie: BP, Governments Downplay Public Health Risk From Oil and Dispersants
by Riki Ott PENSACOLA BEACH, Florida — When Ryan Heffernan, a volunteer with Emerald Coastkeeper, noticed a bag of oily debris floating off in Santa Rosa Sound, she ran up to BP’s HazMat-trained workers to ask if they would retrieve it. “No, ma’am,” one replied politely. “We can’t go in the ocean. It’s contaminated.” read more