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Desperate race to tackle BP oil spill
Oil is still leaking out of the BP Deepwater Horizon wellhead in the Gulf of Mexico at an estimated rate of 1,000-5,000 barrels a day, a month after the well blowout [GALLO/GETTY]
Published On 27 May 2010
27 May 2010
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As part of the clean-up effort, vessels and boats are attempting to siphone natural gas from the oil leak [GALLO/GETTY]
BP conducted a controlled burn to remove oil from the open water, but scientists fear parts of the slick will be sucked to the Florida Keys and Cuba by ocean currents [GALLO/GETTY]
Heavy oil has already begun washing onto delicate coastal wetlands, damaging fishing grounds and wildlife [GALLO/GETTY]
A month after the well blowout and rig explosion, dead wildlife - covered in oil - have been found in parts of Louisiana and other areas [Reuters]
Reeds south of Venice, Louisiana, have been covered in oil [GALLO/GETTY]
Oil booms have been set up around some of the Chandeleur Islands in Louisiana to protect them from oil in the water [Reuters]
US authorities are also using aircraft to drouse oil-dispersing chemicals into the Gulf [Reuters]
But the spill has not stopped some from using beaches along the southern US coast, where sunbathers lie behind a wall of hay bales, used to absorb any oil that might come ashore [Reuters]