Corexit was a public relations triumph because it falsely made it look like the oil disappeared. But it didn’t. Rather the so-called dispersant fused with the oil to create a new, far more toxic compound that sank to the sea floor, creating an underwater Death Valley. Even worse, the price was grotesque human tragedy.
“He suffered for 30 years and unfortunately didn’t live long enough to see the other side of the 30 years - and maybe this is the way we do that,” she said.
April 18, 2024 Fourth Installment of BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster Report Reveals Terrifying Consequences of Cleanup Chemical Corexit WASHINGTON – Today, Legal Director Tom Devine and Environmental Investigator Lesley Pacey released a report on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill entitled, “Deep Impact: Ongoing Vulnerability in Oil Spills from the Deadly Dispersant Corexit.” The [...]
Government Accountability Project praised the Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural and Marketing Service for its rule that creates the nation’s first whistleblower protection for non-employees such as contract farmers and other producers of government-approved meat and poultry.
The dismissed federal case of The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) v. Sonny Perdue is returning. The U.S. District Court for Northern California has scheduled a case management conference for June 13.
The Unity Council for the East Palestine Train Derailment — a grassroots group with representatives from all communities impacted by the rail disaster — commemorated the one-year anniversary of the rail disaster with a series of events held in the village and neighboring Columbiana on Saturday.
Imagine being a resident of East Palestine and all you want is your medical costs covered and consistent indoor air testing — but instead, your town gets a new fire truck, a public park, a few festivals, a Norfolk Southern training center and railroad decals for the high school football helmets.
Yesterday, we filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) seeking records regarding CDC's response to the February 3 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio and related potential health impacts on the community there.
Today, Government Accountability Project sent a letter to Congress detailing the whistleblower disclosures of our client, Mr. Troy Hendrickson, regarding concerning performance failures by the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) medical contractor, Loyal Source Government Services, which were compounded by the unwillingness of the CBP contracting office to hold Loyal Source accountable.
24 migrant children illegally working at Ohio chicken slaughter house This article features Government Accountability Project and was originally published here. Twenty-four migrant children were removed from a chicken slaughter house in Kidron, Ohio, southwest of Akron, earlier this month. The children were being illegally employed by Gerber Poultry to work the meat processing [...]