Essay On BP Oil Spill

Although more than seventy percent of the Earth is covered in water, people are slowly running out of water because almost every life form on Earth needs water to live and grow. Unfortunately the ocean contains more than 97 percent of all the water on Earth which is undrinkable due to the high levels of salt. With the Earth’s population increasing the level of pollution in the water is raised as well, and if people do not start taking care of the little fresh water that we have then the water will not continue to support the entire human race. One example of companies not caring enough about the environment was the huge BP oil spill in 2010. Although the spill happened in the Gulf of Mexico, some of the contaminated water traveled into the rivers making the fresh river water not safe to drink. …show more content…
After the explosion the Deepwater Horizon oil rig sunk to the bottom of the ocean where oil spilled out for 87 days, until it was capped on July 15, 2010. This explosion is known as the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry with the US Government estimated the total release of 4.9 million barrels into the ocean. Although the oil rig was capped it was not sealed until September 19, 2010 and some reports saying that it is still leaking. Since this explosion was so big it finally helped some people to see how careless oil companies are when it comes to polluting the waters with their waste. Companies like Dawn jumped in to help clean up the mess and although they could help clean the marine life they could never clean up the oil from the water in the