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Minutes after theexplosion the DeepHorizon Site caughtfire

The site burned fortwo days.

Eleven workers diedas a result.

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Oil leaked for eighty

seven days

The leak was 5000ftbelow the water

4.9 million barrels

Leaked in the ocean

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Many shore lines:

New York

Florida

Oil spread:

water current

wind

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Entire eco-systemthat was exposedwas affected

Million of died fromover exposure anddose

Increased risk ofhuman exposure

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Risk :

exposure

characterization

Clean up process

initiated

The cost of clean up

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Methods:

Fire

Research

Deep sea drilling

postponed

Disaster zone

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Impact on human:

Ail quality

soil exposure

Water contamination

exposure form

cleaning up

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Increase regulations

British Petroleum

held liable

Increase public

scrutiny

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Can we continue to depend on drilling at the

expense of the environment?

How do we create a balance seen that both are

important to man?

Given the extend of the damage, will there better

technology to reduce the risk?