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Feds funding study of oil spill’s effect on FLESH-EATING bacteria — Blamed for multiple recent Gulf-area deaths after water/seafood contact (VIDEOS)

September 28th, 2010

Image by BP America via FlickrThe Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday that six deaths have occurred this year as a result of a deadly bacteria, at least two of them from raw oyster consumption. 

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• FLASHBACKS:

  • G4: Corexit/oil eats through boat hulls, kidneys (PHOTOS/VIDEO) June 27, 2010
  • BP now using EIGHT types of chemical dispersants in Gulf July 5, 2010
  • Patches of sheen near Miami; Filmed from building by eyewitness on Friday afternoon July 10, 2010
  • Scientists find “areas in the water column where there is NO OXYGEN” (VIDEO) September 21, 2010
  • BP says there’s a leak in CAPPING SYSTEM; Tests and ‘static kill’ delayed, may start tomorrow (VIDEO) August 2, 2010
  • Feds contract is with a “far away BP subsidiary” — Concerns company might “be able to get out of paying $20 billion” (VIDEO) September 14, 2010
  • Air monitoring in Orange Beach, AL reported to have reached 110 ppm of VOCs within 15 minutes — Testing crew quickly abandoned area September 8, 2010
  • Shrimpers find buried oil on seafloor — “I’ll hit them with Dawn and boil and eat them right there in front of you” (VIDEO) August 16, 2
   

 

LATEST HEADLINES:

• Many large fish washing up dead on Louisiana shoreline (VIDEO) 9:57 pm
• Gulf Coast panel: "ALL of the speakers told of ONGOING RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS" -- Recontamination from "thick layer of oil on the bottom" 7:33 pm
• "GRAVEYARD" on seafloor: "Smelled like an auto repair shop" -- Only 6% of core samples showed signs of life, usually at 100% 7:00 pm
• Feds STILL sending samples to POLAND for analysis -- NOAA "expects data back from Poland near the END OF THE YEAR" 6:33 pm

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