Dolphins hit by Deepwater Horizon spill at risk from new drilling and river plan

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( Guardian UK). Nearly 80% of dolphins exposed to oil in the Deepwater Horizon disaster remain badly affected nearly 12 years later, according to new research, even as the Biden administration continues to approve leases for oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

Scientists looked at the long-term impact of the oil spill on bottlenose dolphins living in Barataria Bay, near New Orleans.

The lagoon off the Louisiana coast was heavily polluted by oil, which killed scores of dolphins directly or within months, and their population is now slightly over half of what it was. ........................(more)

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/24/dolphins-hit-by-deepwater-horizon-spill-at-risk-from-new-drilling-and-river-plan