The BP Oil Spill

The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill is better yet known as The BP Oil Spill, The BP Oil Disaster, The Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, and the Macondo Blowout. Reasons are because it occurred in the Gulf of Mexico on the BP operated Macondo Prospect. According to the video that we watched in class, eleven people died and seventeen were injured because of the oil spill which is considered as the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry. It was a massive, month long spill that affected beaches, wetlands, and estuaries. Extensive damage was done to wildlife habitats, fishing, and tourism. Oil cleanup crews attempted to remove the oily material from the beaches, shorelines, and waters overall. After a while, the oil had …show more content…
History. Cleaning up this oil leak was very difficult and time consuming. Crude surface oil initially mainly only harmed seabirds. Even a little bit of oil on their feather affected their ability to fly, swim, or find food which for them meant diving. Eventually, as time continued to pass by, seafood consumption also became a topic of discussion and also a worry to citizens. It had gained quite a bit of attention are people began to be extremely concerned about getting sick or catching a disease, virus, etc. Unbelievably, the BP Oil Spill was not always revealed to the public as it is …show more content…
But now that I am much older, I have more opinions formed about discussions like these. First off, I despise the fact the government and media try to keep the American people out of issues like these as if we do not have a right to know. This is obviously not fair, but it’s much more than that. We need to be aware of what we consume, where we go fishing, etc. How can we do that if we have no idea of what is going on? I can admit that we eventually were told about what was occurring but still then was lied to about the entire truth.
The government tried to make it seem not as harmful as it honestly was. Once you lie about something like that, how can we trust you? We can’t. You begin to lose our trust significantly. We need the big picture of what’s really going on so that we can be more cautious and alert about our surroundings. Sugarcoating doesn’t get us anywhere. And if I am not mistake, something similar happened like this where the government was withholding facts, evidence, and things of that nature, and that was during Katrina, also