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22 Seventy-one people suffer “Gulf Oil Spill Sickens More Than 70 People in Louisiana,” Agence France-Presse, June 9, 2010; http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Gulf_oil_spill_sickens_more_than
_70_people_in_Louisiana_999.html.
23 Department of Health counsels 749 people, and related quotes M. Navarro, “Spill Takes Toll on Gulf Workers’ Psyches,” New York Times, June 16, 2010; http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/17/us/17human.html?th&emc=th.
HIGH JUNE
1 BP good at stopping the flow of news J. Peters, “Efforts to Limit the Flow of Spill News,” New York Times, June 9, 2010; http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/10/us/10access.html?th&emc=th.
2 Using 5,800 separate measurements R. Camilli et al., “Tracking Hydrocarbon Plume Transport and Biodegradation at Deepwater Horizon,” Science 330, no. 6001, August 19, 2010: 201–4; http://www.sciencemag.org/content/330/6001/201.short.
3 Researchers finding plumes, and BP responses J. Gillis, “Plumes of Oil Below Surface Raise New Concerns,” New York Times, June 8, 2010; http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/09/us/09spill.html.
4 “Not a river of Hershey’s syrup” “WHOI Scientists Map and Confirm Origin of Large, Underwater Hydrocarbon Plume in Gulf,” Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution News Release, August 19, 2010; http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=7545&tid=282&ct=162&cid=79926.
5 “doesn’t hold a candle” R. Kerr, “Report Paints New Picture of Gulf Oil,” Science, August 19, 2010; http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/08/report-paints-new-picture-of-gul.html.
6 NOAA confirmed the presence of undersea oil “NOAA Completes Initial Analysis of Weatherbird II Water Samples,” NOAA, June 8, 2010; http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2010/20100608_weatherbird.html.
7 NOAA’s response to undersea plumes, and oil breaking into zillions of droplets S. Begley, “What the Spill Will Kill,” Newsweek, June 6, 2010; http://www.newsweek.com/2010/06/06/what-the-spill-will-kill.html.
8 Hayward’s “no evidence,” “These are huge volumes,” and “The bottom line is that yes” J. Resnick-Ault, “Toxic Plumes Lurk Throughout Gulf,” Bloomberg, June 9, 2010; http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-06-08/toxic-undersea-oil-plumes-lurk-in-gulf-of-mexico-update2-.html.
9 Energy statistics according to BP S. Foley, “World Needs Gulf of Mexico’s Oil, Says BP,” Independent, June 10, 2010; http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/world-needs-gulf-of-mexicos-oil-says-bp-1996097.html.
10 The cap is now collecting 10,000 barrels “No End in Sight; the Gulf Oil Spill,” The Economist, June 12, 2010; http://www.economist.com/node/16322752.
11 Wereley’s estimate of 798,000 to 1.8 million gallons R. Henry et al., “Gulf Oil Leak May Be Bigger Than BP Says,” Associated Press, June 9, 2010; http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2010/06/08/gulf_oil_spill_bigger.
12 Signs warn M. Nelson, “Florida Posting 1st Signs Warning Swimmers About Oil,” Associated Press, June 9, 2010; http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,594242,00.html.
13 “It’s the breadth and complexity” J. Berger et al., “Dispersal of Oil Means Cleanup to Take Years, Official Says,” New York Times, June 8, 2010; http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/08/us/08spill.html.
14 The futility and utility of helping wildlife J. Flesher and Noaki Schwartz, “Rescuing Oiled Birds: Poignant, but Is It Futile?,” Associated Press, June 10, 2010; http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37627833/ns/disaster_in_the_gulf/.
15 Coated with oil—in Utah “Oil Coats 300 Birds Near Salt Lake After Pipeline Breach,” Los Angeles Times, June 13, 2010; http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2010/06/oil-coats-300-birds-near-salt-lake-after-pipeline-breach.html.
LATE JUNE
1 Oil executives break ranks with BP J. Broder, “Oil Executives Break Ranks in Testimony,” New York Times, June 15, 2010; http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/16/business/16oil.html?ref=politics.
2 BP’s profits, and also estimates about oil P. Nicholas et al., “Stakes Rise for Obama and