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Minutes after theexplosion the DeepHorizon Site caughtfire
The site burned fortwo days.
Eleven workers diedas a result.
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Oil leaked for eighty
seven days
The leak was 5000ftbelow the water
4.9 million barrels
Leaked in the ocean
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Many shore lines:
New York
Florida
Oil spread:
water current
wind
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Entire eco-systemthat was exposedwas affected
Million of died fromover exposure anddose
Increased risk ofhuman exposure
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Risk :
exposure
characterization
Clean up process
initiated
The cost of clean up
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Methods:
Fire
Research
Deep sea drilling
postponed
Disaster zone
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Impact on human:
Ail quality
soil exposure
Water contamination
exposure form
cleaning up
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Increase regulations
British Petroleum
held liable
Increase public
scrutiny
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Can we continue to depend on drilling at the
expense of the environment?
How do we create a balance seen that both are
important to man?
Given the extend of the damage, will there better
technology to reduce the risk?
