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43 “dumbfounded by the amount of wasted effort” M. Hennessy-Fiske and Richard Fausset, “Mississippi Officials Blast BP, U.S. Government as Oil Hits Coast,” Los Angeles Times, June 29, 2010; http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jun/29/nation/la-na-oil-spill-20100629.
44 “Seeing everything that you’ve been used to,” and “I haven’t slept” J. McConnaughey and Mitch Stacy, “Gulf Oil Spill’s Psychological Toll Quietly Mounts as Tragedy Drags On,” Ledger (Lakeland, FL), June 27, 2010; http://www.theledger.com/article/20100627/news/6275086.
45 Turtle eggs moved B. Skoloff, “Some 70,000 Turtle Eggs to Be Whisked Far from Oil,” Associated Press, June 30,2010; http://www.physorg.com/news197118448.html.
46 Where oily absorbent materials are going F. Barringer, “As Mess Is Sent to Landfills, Officials Worry About Safety,” New York Times, June 14, 2010; http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/15/science/earth/15waste.html.
47 Some of the workforce sits idle T. Breen, “Volunteers Ready but Left Out of Oil Spill Cleanup,” Associated Press, July 2, 2010; http://www.njherald.com/story/news/a1237-BC-US-GulfOilSpill-9thLd-Writethru-07-01-1624.
48 “The clean-up effort has not been perfect” “BP Boss Takes Spill Questions in Open Internet Event,” Agence France-Presse, July 1, 2010; http://www.muzi.com/news/ll/english/10101675.shtml?q=&cc=26416&a=on.
49 Appearance of whale sharks B. Raines, “Whale Sharks Unable to Avoid Oil Spill,” Alabama Local News, June 30, 2010; http://blog.al.com/live/2010/06/whale_sharks_unable_to_avoid_o.html. See also J. McConnaughey, “Threatened Whale Sharks Seen in Gulf Oil Spill,” Associated Press, July 1, 2010; http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/threatened-whale-sharks-seen-562061.html.
50 “the worst possible time” for whale sharks B. Handwerk, “Whale Sharks Killed, Displaced by Gulf Oil? The Gulf Oil Spill Occurred in Crucial Habitat for the World’s Largest Fish,” National Geographic News, September 24, 2010; http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/09/100924-whale-sharks-gulf-oil-spill-science-environment/. See also “Whale Shark Tagging in the Gulf of Mexico,” a scene from Mission Blue. Insurgent Media, June 22, 2010; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVd7aRFaDqY.
51 Scientists with the University of Southern Mississippi and Tulane University G. Pender, “Oil Found in Gulf Crabs Raises New Food Chain Fears,” Biloxi Sun Herald, July 1,2010; http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/07/01/96909/oil-found-in-gulf-crabs-raising.html.
52 Effects of oil on fish eggs and larvae Joanna Burger, Oil Spills. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1997.
53 Herring egg and larval mortality following Exxon Valdez M. D. McGurk and Evelyn D. Brown, “Egg–Larval Mortality of Pacific Herring in Prince William Sound, Alaska, After the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill,” Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 53, no. 10 (1996): 2343–54. See also B. L. Norcross et al., “Distribution, Abundance, Morphological Condition, and Cytogenetic Abnormalities of Larval Herring in Prince William Sound, Alaska, Following the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill,” Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 53, no. 10 (1996): 2376–87. See also J. E. Hose et al., “Sublethal Effects of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill on Herring Embryos and Larvae: Morphological, Cytogenetic, and Histopathological Assessments, 1989–1991,” Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 53, no. 10 (1996): 2355–65.
54 Different things get hurt at different rates C. H. Peterson et al., “Long-Term Ecosystem Response to the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill,” Science 302, no. 5653, December 19, 2003: 2082–86.
55 Harlequin Ducks still ingesting Exxon Valdez oil S. Dhillon, “Exxon Oil Showing Up in Alaskan Wildlife 20 years After Spill, Research Shows,” Canadian Press, April 14, 2010.
56 Felony announced for getting near booms C. Kirkham, “Media, Boaters Could Face Criminal Penalties by Entering Oil Cleanup ‘Safety Zone,’ ” Times-Picayune, July 1, 2010; http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/07/media_boaters_could_face_crimi.html.
57 “Never in my lifetime” G. Nienaber, “Facing the