Effects Still Felt From BP's Gulf Oil Spill Tragedy Jessica Leader - The Huffington Post
go to original May 11, 2013

Three years have passed since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, killing 11 workers and leaving oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. From April 20th until July 15th, 2010, 200 million gallons of sticky, black crude oil spilled, affecting hundreds of miles of coastline and killing thousands of animals.

The Gulf oil spill was the worst of its kind in U.S. history. Although the spill wreaked havoc on the surrounding communities, tar balls have been removed from beaches, businesses got reparations, and things have, on the surface, returned to normal in many places. David Muth, director of the National Wildlife Federation's Mississippi River Delta Restoration Program, told the AP that "visually, the [Gulf] coast looks great, and I think most of what was visible is gone."

Despite Newsweek's assertion that “the BP disaster has been largely forgotten” and “the media have moved on,” the ramifications of this landmark event are far from over.

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