Monday, August 30, 2010
Oil BP: The Spillingest Guys Around
Posted by Brendan Kiley on Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 9:54 AM
Front page, NYT:
TEXAS CITY, Tex. — While the world was focused on the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a BP refinery here released huge amounts of toxic chemicals into the air that went unnoticed by residents until many saw their children come down with respiratory problems.For 40 days after a piece of equipment critical to the refinery’s operation broke down, a total of 538,000 pounds of toxic chemicals, including the carcinogen benzene, poured out of the refinery.
What's BP stand for again? Butterfingers Petroleum? (Huh-yuk, huh-yuk.)
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What's the price tag? They have so much money, and potential to make so much money, they can pretty much do what the fuck they please. And Republicans are so corrupt they will never make BP or any company responsible for their negligence.
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At least WA is relatively safe... I think? I'm always paranoid about these toxic chemical problems.
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