Barataria Bay Dolphins Show Symptoms 'Consistent With Oil Exposure'

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Scientists say 32 dolphins taken from Louisiana's Barataria Bay were in overall poor health, though they say their studies don't yet definitely tie the illnesses to the 2010 Gulf oil spill.

Lori Schwacke of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Friday that the dolphins — caught in August 2011 — were underweight, anemic and showed signs of liver and lung disease. Another common problem was a low level of stress-fighting hormones. Thirty-one of the 32 are still alive.

Schwacke said the hormone problem cannot be surely tied to the oil spill but is "consistent with oil exposure to other mammals."

Scientists have been investigating an unusually large number of dolphin deaths in the Gulf of Mexico since February 2010 — two months before the BP oil spill began.

Comments

[jenniferkizzy]

02:40 AM on 03/25/2012

december twenty first my bad

[jenniferkizzy]

02:39 AM on 03/25/2012

the great earth oracle state's that the hopi indians for told the end of the world too be six billion year's the maya december 12th 2012 but if you think about it spring is coming early summer is dry n most part's and the winter's are horrible maybe just maybe all this earth activity is a warning for something horrible we haven't had an ice age in a while maybe were past due bye that is my opinion on it bye

[jenniferkizzy]

02:36 AM on 03/25/2012

we treat mother earth like a cess pool it's no surprise that she is now dying we don't deserve this once beautiful blue green ball she is sending signals too us too let us know that yes our world can not possibly continue on the dark path we are headed on is no wonder we are at war with each other it was only a matter of time before this happened

[Moose Luck 99]

08:27 PM on 03/24/2012

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[Moose Luck 99]

08:21 PM on 03/24/2012

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[snowballinhell]

03:59 PM on 03/24/2012

And this is just at the top of the food chain. Hhuumm?

[westcoastsc]

01:21 PM on 03/24/2012

The Corexit was worse than the oil. In fact, when it is mixed with oil, it becomes even more toxic. The people who ordered its use should be prosecuted. The president gave them orders not to use it, but they continued to. People were getting sick as far away as Florida. People exposed to this chemical twenty years ago during the Exxon Valdez spill are no longer living today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2fldJnaNp0

[Sunny White]

12:53 PM on 03/24/2012

Despite the cruelty and indifference humans inflict upon nature and animals, I know in my heart the vast majority of human beings DO care, and mean NO HARM. The bond between us and the natural world is undeniable, and LOVE is ever present. The time has now come, politically, for good people to demand environmental protection and species conservation. We can no longer remain complacent when oil companies are destroying the planet, and we can no longer turn our backs on animals in need of compassion. We must rise against animal cruelty! I also believe in my heart that that is human's true purpose. To act as protectors. Why else would nature have given us our great imagination, ingenuity, and capacity for language? We are meant to protect the innocent that cannot protect themselves. We must return to a state of dignity and respect for our natural world.

[CountingCoup]

01:52 PM on 03/24/2012

Good message...

[iam99]

11:48 AM on 03/24/2012

Profits over life itself. What is the value of life or the world's ecosystems?
What is the value of our childrens' future?

A price tag has, in fact, been put upon it. To have a world and a future we have be be absolutely certain that the world will be worth turning over to our children so that they may pursue Life, Liberty and Happiness forever.

[olitenup]

11:21 AM on 03/24/2012

Of course they are still being harmed by the oil! And yet we recently gave BP permission to keep on drilling.

[Mandy Ann Osipchuk]

08:59 AM on 03/24/2012

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1370016/Gagging-order-scientists-probing-dolphin-deaths.html

This link even has pictures of the open sores and dead animals. That should drive it home to people. P. S. This is my back yard. We should not be far behind if we cant protect our environment what is the point to life?

[okaywhat]

02:35 PM on 03/24/2012

Living in PA, I always wondered what people in the Gulf wants. Do they want the big oil in their back yards or do they want them out. To me, it seems that the citizens there want to keep the oil companies drilling. Your thoughts since you live there?? Just was wondering.

[Mandy Ann Osipchuk]

04:52 PM on 03/24/2012

The people I guess to be frank are poor. the south was rich when they had the massive plantations & private owned land and farms. Since it is the South and the weather is good... Building was proped up by credit and bad debt. Now that is gone and you have Big Oil as the only large ployer. So folks need the money. Most do not know the harm they will endureI and pass along to the next generation. I have seen the damage 1st hand and would prefer green technologies employ the south. We also would benefit from buying local food from local farms. Support our neighbors instead of shipping food from Brazil just to shop at Walmart. Makes no sense.

[Mandy Ann Osipchuk]

08:54 AM on 03/24/2012

AND here is the gag order..... http://www.stuarthsmith.com/more-transparency-woes-noaa-initiates-gag-order-on-dead-dolphin-investigation

Better to keep it a secret and play nice commercials to boost the moral in the gulf. The water is still a health threat.

[Mandy Ann Osipchuk]

08:49 AM on 03/24/2012

Just imagine the chemical bath all the vacation goers will have as they splash in the waves, eat the seafood and dig in the sand!!! I live on the eastern part of Florida. The sand holds all those chemicals for years! I feel very sorry for the helpless wildlife that now has been poisoned right out of there own breeding grounds. No one is safe and we all will go to hell for this one. Oil is our cancer. We have become to dependent on it and not dependent on taking good care of Earth. The only one we have the last time I checked.

[Sapphire Jones]

10:03 PM on 03/23/2012

I wish they'd let us post expletives because that's about the only thing that truly expresses how I feel about BP. Might have to invent a new expletive just for them.

[ELI SKATES]

09:19 AM on 03/24/2012

Agreed! And the "drill baby drill" party still defends them. When we get sustainable alternate energy (and it'll happen eventually), the days of invading foreign countries and GOP environmental threats will see an end.

[kwaut lizard]

01:47 PM on 03/24/2012

I like your attitude!

[Kommonman]

02:25 PM on 03/24/2012

The will invade for something else...they always do

[doodlebug2]

07:19 PM on 03/23/2012

poor dolphins, swim to where i live along the Chesapeake Bay, we do not have drilling , yet.

[kwaut lizard]

01:48 PM on 03/24/2012

Just unregulated pig farms and more urban runoff than anywhere else on the entire planet.

Dolphins are having problems there too ... just ask the crabs.

[doodlebug2]

03:25 PM on 03/24/2012

very true, and the rockfish

[kwaut lizard]

02:27 PM on 03/24/2012

Here is Chesapeake Bay fighting to get recognized by the Dirty Waters List so that the region with the highest amount of nitrogen pollution in the US can qualify for federal cleanup funding:
http://www.cbf.org/Page.aspx?pid=1547

And here is how you can get involved in that cleanup effort:
http://www.cbf.org/page.aspx?pid=913

Cheers

[doodlebug2]

03:26 PM on 03/24/2012

I am involved, thanks, appreciate your caring :+)