BP paid Feinberg "selecting who lives and who dies" (VIDEO)

"I'm tired of his ego. I'm tired of him promoting himself as a saviour. He hasn't honored his word so I have no respect for the man," says Kennon. ... Read more >>

"Bleeding from the ears" and now "bruising rash all around my stomach" -- "Looks like bleeding under the skin"

"Sharp stabbing pain is all over my abdomen where this discolouration is, it's in my arm pits and around my breasts..." ... Read more >>

LSU professor: Dispersed oil damages reproduction and may result in a “tipping point beyond which recovery is uncertain" -- NOAA says gone within weeks

“Basic physiology suggests that dispersed oil will negatively impact the reproductive capabilities of a wide variety of animals” ... Read more >>

"Absurd": BP donated $23,000 to school system that hosted "oil spill lesson" -- Officials deny link

BP’s spill lesson draws criticism, Houma Today, November 14, 2010:

When eighth-graders at Oaklawn Junior High ... Read more >>

Be there Tuesday 6 pm at USF: "No politics, no cover-up, no speculation, just facts" about oil disaster -- But no talk of health effects?

Tuesday, November 16th- 6:00 pm Karen A. Steidinger Auditorium

Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, 100 Eighth Ave. SE St. Petersburg, Florida (on Tampa Bay in downtown St. Pete, adjacent to USF St. Pete). ... Read more >>

Cleanup worker told to "stop finding new oil" because "it was getting overwhelming" (VIDEO)

"They have so much work out there. It's unbelievable." ... Read more >>

CNN: Tar balls return to Gulf Coast -- Some are the size of hamburger patties

"They are once again washing ashore in Orange Beach, AL... That's bad news for the area's tourism." ... Read more >>

EPA says oil burns not cancer-causing, similar to smoke from woodstoves — Authors of EPA study express “concerns” about adequacy of sampling

The total amount of carbon collected in the four days of sampling "was less than that desired for a single sample... and the sole sample from the field was short of the targeted number of three samples for the campaign." ... Read more >>

Paper: "In the clear Florida water, the rust-colored masses can be seen from boats or while snorkeling"

Press Register: "It is still easy to find dinner plate-sized globs of oil sitting on the bottom of Pensacola Bay..." ... Read more >>

Mississippi Mystery: If officials find submerged oil now, it counts as oil... Unlike last time (VIDEO)

It's "quite similar to the earlier oil response teams... with one big exception": When finding a "piece that has a speck of oil on it, for damage assessment that's a positive hit." - Mississippi DEQ environmental administrator ... Read more >>

Error? Sarasota paper fails to mention lab tests have already matched oil on Sarasota-area beach to BP -- Misprints name of 'Testing the Water' initiative

Gulf oil spill stirs up activism, Sarasota Herald Tribune, November 12, 2010:

Another organization's mission ... Read more >>

Report: "Tar balls and black oily plumes" wash up in Apalachicola Bay, FL -- 70 miles EAST of Panama City (VIDEO)

"Plumes were seen all up and down beach, along with tar balls." - Apalachicola Riverkeeper OSPREY Program's Robin Bailey ... Read more >>

*DEADLINE IS TODAY* Sign Riki Ott's letter to Congress -- Simple Instructions

"We need to send this out TOMORROW. Please respond ASAP and do not hesitate to ask others to sign on as well." ... Read more >>

Vultures still "still showing up" floating in Biscayne Bay -- Man "picked up 10 birds himself"

Vultures Found, Recovered And Now Back In The Air, CBS4 Miami, November 11, 2010 at ... Read more >>

All 40 scientists agree at meeting: "Fish in the Gulf of Mexico will continue to get sick, die or fail to reproduce as a result" of oil -- What about the people?

"Vast amounts of larvae from crabs, fish and shrimp also perished." ... Read more >>

Dispersant use contaminates volume of water with up to 1,000 more PAHs -- What's worse? These toxic parts of oil remain longest

"This idea that there's an oil biodegradation rate doesn't hold," says Ronald Atlas, a microbiologist at the University of Louisville, Kentucky, who has studied the aftermath of the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska. ... Read more >>

Toxicologist: “We tested a good number of seafood samples and in 100 percent we found petroleum” — Gov’t tests “little more than a farce”

"We found not only petroleum in the digestive tracts [of shrimp], but also in the edible portions of fish." ... Read more >>

“I don’t recommend eating Gulf seafood, not with the risk of liver and kidney damage” says toxicologist — “They’re sniffing for something they can’t detect”

Experts operating states apart confirm toxic content in not just shrimp, but crab and fish ... Read more >>

Oil under sand still just "as toxic as the fresh oil": Sample "had to be diluted 20 TIMES to get a reading" -- Florida agency says SAME sample NOT toxic

"The crude has very high danger levels of petroleum organics and is not safe for the public to be exposed to." ... Read more >>

FL Fisherman: "Like having a chemical dump site and not telling anyone" -- "Oh no, I'm cleaning flounders right now that I just caught within eyesight of there"

Angler Mark Fuqua was shocked to find out on Tuesday that there still was that much oil out in the bay, especially near one of his favorite fishing holes. ... Read more >>

*Update* Miami wildlife officer: "Birds sporadically dispersed, floating southward, about a mile slick of them" -- CBS reports 10 dead (VIDEOS & PHOTO)

CREDIT: WSVN 7 Miami

"We were dreading the oil spill and we missed that and now we are getting this." ... Read more >>

Miami-area: Many large birds reported “floating in Biscayne Bay covered in oil” — “Biologists mind-boggled” (VIDEO)

A passing boater contacted the Florida Fish and Wildlife Center after spotting the lethargic vultures floating in Biscayne Bay covered in oil. "Birds sporadically dispersed... about a mile slick of them" ... Read more >>

“Human race survives methane plume, for now” — May take 400 years to be clear on how methane affected Gulf says professor

Prof. "Kessler said he is hesitant to predict doomsday and instead is focusing on the methane plume’s current behavior." ... Read more >>

Paper: Swan expert who “ran into legal trouble over an expired prescription license has closed his practice" -- Was investigating unexplained bird deaths near Sarasota

Prominent Lakeland Veterinarian Geoffrey Gardner Retires, The Ledger (Lakeland), November 8, 2010:

Geoffrey Gardner, owner of ... Read more >>

“Could we all be at risk?” asks local Florida news station — Medical doctor has patients testing in 95th percentile for oil spill-associated chemicals (VIDEOS)

Doctor: "I'm more concerned about the long term health effects. Nobody talks about it, nobody's even thinking of that 5,10,15, 20 years from now that we're going to see--cancer" ... Read more >>

What happened to world-renowned swan expert investigating bird deaths around Sarasota? "Dr. Gardner has retired, and all files have been sent to other vets"

"'Our concern is that it may be coming from toxins in the waters, something coming from the dispersants that might have been used for the Gulf oil spill,' Gardner told FOX 13 on Thursday." ... Read more >>

Scientists worry about "a cascade of events that will lead to the collapse of entire Gulf species" -- May have pushed a variety of sharks "to their tipping point"

Marine life may suffer long after public forgets oil spill, Tampa Tribune,  November 9, 2010:

[S]cientists ... Read more >>

"Data that's been gathered about the spill's impact has yet to be made public" -- USF Dean: Feds will not share test results with researchers who collected samples

Bait fish hold key to monitoring gulf oil spill effects, conference concludes, St. Petersburg Times, ... Read more >>

Doctor: "Dead people don’t talk, dead people don’t sue, dead people don’t tell the truth, and dead people don’t bother BP"

Gulf Shrimpers Wonder: “Are We Next on the Extinction List?”, OnEarth, November 8, 2010:

Not only ... Read more >>

Official: “We will NEVER get all of the oil off the beach, that’s just something we have to come to grips with” (VIDEO)

People are worried about their health, and how much longer oil will keep rolling up on the beach... "Can anyone explain in layman's terms what we're looking at in the next year, two years, three years?" ... Read more >>