The truth is that, just looking at the affected
region and information of independent media outlets on the
dangers to beaches, swamps and coral reef
areas, it was not precisely a small accident, but an alarming
incident
whose consequences have not clearly been revealed to the public.
However, according to recent US official data, the effects of
the explosión of the oil tower seem to have been reduced to
large proportions.
For some spokespersons “the vast majority of the oil, close to
75 percent of the almost 5 million barrels of crude spilled out
at sea, evaporated or was contained”.
In a few words, the incident which caught the attention of
millions of people and was headlines in major newspapers turned
to a small spot without major consequences.
Regarding the criteria of the US government: “The Gulf coast has
been extremely lucky by the winds and currents of nature”.
However, in face of the official evaluation which seemed not
alarming, there are other scientific sources which assure that
at least a third of the Gulf coast was severely contaminated and
the impact on the coast will remain for decades.
In fact, with almost a quarter of the unrecovered oil in the
Gulf, years will pass before scientists declare that the region
has overcome the disaster.
In fact, according to Jane Lubchenco, head of the US national
Ocean and Atmosphere Administration, “the amount of oil spilled
was huge”, and it is difficult to rule out the serious effects
to the marine environment.
Sources from the Dauphin Islan Sea Laboratory based in Alabama,
recently revealed that the over 4.9 million barrels of oil
spilled in the Gulf of Mexico during the accident, rapidly
entering the food chain thanks to the action of submarine
bacteria.
The crude was turned into food for the ocean bacteria which at
the same time are the start of the food chain that ends in the
largest population species of the sea.
In fact, according to the researchers, the
affected region’s animal organism that feed from plankton
demonstrated larger amounts of carbon isotope than before the
oil spill.
In consequence, all indicates that public
management of such a sensible issue, not all smelled like oil.
There is also a negative intention to the smelly scheme.