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The $8 Billion Oil SpillPosted on Sep 3, 2010
New estimates of the cost of the BP oil blowout in the Gulf of Mexico have jumped to a staggering $8 billion, up $2 billion in August alone as the company announced it had already paid out almost $400 million in claims to individuals affected by the spill. —JCL
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By ofersince72, September 3, 2010 at 5:05 pm Link to this comment
The World is about ready to find out that
you can’t put a $$$$$ sign on the cost of ecological
disasters.
Report thisBy PatrickHenry, September 3, 2010 at 4:12 pm Link to this comment
How did they pay off the dead animals families?
Report thisBy The Donkey Edge, September 3, 2010 at 2:20 pm Link to this comment
And that’s only the beginning. The physical and mental health effects of the oil and the toxic dispersant, Corexit, will not be known for decades:
http://thedonkeyedge.com/2010/08/04/its-oil-in-your-head/
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