By Marian Wang and Sasha Chavki
Containment domes, top hats and top kills. By now BP and the government have tried to stop the growing environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico with a series of different techniques, each with an odder name than the next.
But where are all these ideas coming from, we’ve wondered. Did BP or the government have plan in place in the event of a blowout?
The answer, so far as we can see: No. None of the documents and plans we’ve been able to find have details on how to deal with a blowout.
ProPublica Blog: Government and BP Unresponsive on Requests for Data on Sick Cleanup Workers
Thursday, June 10th, 2010By Marian Wang
Getting statistics on worker illness related to the Gulf oil spill is proving to be difficult, as federal agencies continually refer requests either to another federal agency or to BP.
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Tags:BP, Gulf oil spill, OSHA
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