Dolphins suffering lung disease from BP oil spill

David Strege grindtv.com Dolphins observed swimming in emulsified oil from BP oil spill; photo courtesy of NOAA A study backed by the federal government and paid for by BP shows that dolphins in some of the worst hit areas by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010 are suffering from lung disease and other abnormalities consistent with toxic exposure to oil, a finding BP disputes. The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday night that the study published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology makes the strongest connection to date between the BP oil spill and dolphin deaths, which rose in the Gulf after the spill. “It is related to oil,” the study’s lead author, Lori Schwacke, a wildlife epidemiologist at NOAA, told the Wall Street Journal. “The weight of evidence is there.” to read more click here: grindtv.com