Horn Island, Mississippi - Yesterday Greenpeace , Working in the Gulf of Mexico with an expedition on board the Arctic Sunrise, has discovered oil from the disaster of the Deepwater Horizon on the beaches of ' Horn Island, off the coast of Mississippi, a few meters from the protected nesting sites of turtles. The scientific coordinator
Adam Walters, digging small holes on the beach, found layers of sand impregnated with oil just below the surface. The tar was found on beaches on both sides of the island, a few meters from protected nesting sites for turtles . The oil found on the island shows that the area is far from having been cleaned by the oil spill, which continues to threaten coastal habitats of Mississippi.
"It's outrageous - comments Giorgia Monti Sea campaign manager of Greenpeace Italy - the BP continues to tell us that oil has been thoroughly cleaned. Horn Island is a particularly important habitats for birds and sea turtles , that BP is likely to cause irreparable damage in an attempt to clear the area. Particularly invasive cleaning methods, such as the use of bulldozers, added to oil and chemical dispersants might induce these ecosystems particularly sensitive to the brink of collapse. "
"What we see on the Gulf Coast is just part of beached tar . A lot will never arrive on the coast - continues the scientific coordinator Adam Walters - and will never be cleaned. This oil is dissolved or mixed with water that is causing and will cause significant and measurable damage to aquatic ecosystems of the Gulf .
This research Greenpeace Horn Island is part of a shipment of three months in the Gulf of Mexico to assess the impacts of the oil spill. The Arctic Sunrise has been made available to independent researchers to analyze and study the impacts of oil and oil dispersants on the ecosystem of the Gulf.
Contact: Greenpeace press office
, 06 68136061 ext. 211-203
Maria Carla Giugliano, media relations, 3496066159
Giorgia Monti, resp. Ocean campaign, 3455547228
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