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BP launched its bid to plug the gushing oil well in the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday. They are force feeding heavy mud into the well and will then shoot in cement to plug the well permanently. BP’s chief executive said the procedure had a 60 to 70 percent chance of working. 
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Gary Burris, a fisherman who works along the Gulf Coast, says that after breathing in the dispersants he grew ill and disoriented. After confining himself to bed for days he decided to go to a doctor for treatment and antibiotics. “It filled my lungs with fluid. I’m hurting – I’m sore from coughing,” he said. A marine toxicologist who worked on the Exxon Valdez oil cleanup in Alaska said the symptoms track with those suffered in the aftermath of the Valdez spill. READ THIS STORY AT FOXNEWS.COM Continue reading Fox News: Louisiana Fishermen Helping in Spill Cleanup Report Getting Sick 
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Mike Shriberg, director of The Ecology Center in Ann Arbor, says multiple studies show even low doses of BPA can be harmful. He says, “It actually acts like a hormone within your body, and it has a whole wide range of effects. It blocks the body’s normal functioning, even at low doses, and it’s been linked with things like obesity, neurological problems, cancer, infertility and thyroid malfunction.” Six states currently ban BPA in food containers but dozens of organizations call for a more stringent federal ban. READ THIS STORY AT NEWSSERVICE.ORG Continue reading News Service: New Study Warns Consumers of Risks Related to BPA in Food Cans
This shift in public opinion has been most striking in Britain, where in 2008 climate change was so popular that Parliament passed laws setting targets for emissions cuts. Since then, a thriving group of climate skeptics have dominated news reports and seem to be swaying opinion towards the idea that the effects of global warming have exaggerated. A February survey by the BBC found that only 26 percent of Britons now believe that “climate change is happening and is now established as largely manmade.” READ THIS STORY AT NYTIMES.COM Continue reading NY Times: Climate Fears Turn to Doubts Among Britons |
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AP: BP Starts “Top kill”
Last month hundreds of environmental activists crammed into an auditorium to discuss the question: If the scientific question on climate change has not changed, why do so many people now reject the idea.
