Scientists in Florida are concerned that large plumes of oil floating beneath the surface in the Gulf of Mexico originated from the Deepwater Horizon spill, and want to test their samples against oil collected by BP. But the oil corporation is refusing to cooperate.
University of South Florida scientist David Hollander said he was “just taken aback” by BP’s
unwillingness to assist in a scientific inquiry into the trouble. “It was a little unsettling.”
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