The Oil Spill...Six Months Later

October 27, 2010 • By Tasan Thompson

Six months after researchers and scientists utilized began using their best technology to seal the gigantic hole spewing oil into the gulf coast, there are still complications.

The spill that began on April 20, 2010 affected animals ranging fromthe birds of the air, the almost-extinct sea turtles, tothe smallest fish in the sea.

States from Louisiana to Florida were affected by the self-inflicted economic disaster, leaving many sea creatures without food and families without employment.

Though the disaster can be accredited to oil company BP'snegligence, they became the solution to the problem and were able to invent a cap to stop the unusual oil leakage that emitted 210,000 gallons a day.

According to Dr. Richard Snyder, a biologist from the University of West Florida, told CNN, though the beaches along the Gulf of Mexico appear to be unharmed, researchers are still finding " a glop of oil" deep under the sand.

In attempt to clear the beaches of unwanted oil, a machine called a sand shark is being used to sift deep under the sand.

However,an environmentalistsuch as Judy Haner from the The NatureConservancyof Alabama has mixedopinionsabout the matter.

She explained to CNN that sifting deep through the sand can disrupt the shoreline and also affect the creatures living beneath the sand, making it clear that in some cases the solution can be more dangerous than the problem.

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