An explosion in oil-munching bacteria made fast work of BP oil spill, scientist says

[loudsue]

99. I know exactly what the research being discussed is about.

The article is all about how the DISASTROUS and devastating oil spill that destroyed a great deal of the gulf coast, was BINGO, WHO KNEW all gone and cleaned up ( "disappeared" ) within a few weeks by nice little bacteria that eat oil and all the poisonous chemicals that were dumped into the ocean to break up the oil.

How much bullshit do these "scientists" , from universities VERY WELL SUPPORTED by right wing /oil industry/corporate benefactors, expect us to swallow?

The article also mentions that:

"As with similar research results released in peer-reviewed scientific magazines or at other scientific meetings, the results of the two researchers represent only small slices of the wide body of research being conducted into the effects of the oil spill.

Much of that research is being done to support the ongoing lawsuits by the federal government against BP and other parties believed responsible for the spill, and many of the results of that research are still being withheld from the public until the legal battle is over."

The research presented in this article, in other words, is obviously getting out in front in order to convince people that the oil spill wasn't as bad as all that.

But the problem is....it WAS that bad. It is still a HUGE problem in many areas, and the chemicals are still toxic.